Abstract: An in-vehicle device 1 regularly transmits to an information distribution server 2 an acquisition request that includes an own vehicle position and a facility search condition, and acquires facility information matching the condition around the vehicle. The in-vehicle device 1 controls the number of displays of the facility information on the basis of the information in an in-vehicle sensor group 12 when displaying the acquired facility information on a map.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device 1 regularly transmits to an information distribution server 2 an acquisition request that includes an own vehicle position and a facility search condition, and acquires facility information matching the condition around the vehicle. The in-vehicle device 1 controls the number of displays of the facility information on the basis of the information in an in-vehicle sensor group 12 when displaying the acquired facility information on a map.

Abstract: An evaluation information posting device determines a rest state of a vehicle on the basis of rest information, determines a facility at which the vehicle has stopped off by using position information showing a rest position of the vehicle, map information including facility information about facilities located in an area surrounding the position shown by this position information, and a keyword about a facility at the rest position of the vehicle, and, by using both stop-off facility information about the facility which is a result of the determination, and a keyword about an evaluation which is provided for this facility, generates evaluation information about the stop-off facility and posts this evaluation information to an evaluation information managing server.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: a vehicle information acquiring unit 10 to obtain the vehicle information about a vehicle state of its own vehicle; a cloud communication unit 11 to transmit the vehicle information obtained by the vehicle information acquiring unit 10 to a cloud server 2, and to receive the communication establishment information transmitted from the cloud server 2; an intervehicle communication unit 13 to carry out intervehicle communication; and a controller 12 to instruct the intervehicle communication unit 13 to perform the intervehicle communication and to establish communication in accordance with the communication establishment information the cloud communication unit 11 receives.

Abstract: A leading vehicle group 1 transmits divided data 71 and 72 obtained by dividing vehicle information 7. Data transfer vehicle groups 2 and 3 transfer the divided data 71 and 72 to a data composite vehicle group 4 and to following vehicle groups 5 and 6. The data composite vehicle group 4 transfers composite data 73 obtained by XORing the divided data 71 and 72 to the following vehicle groups 5 and 6. The following vehicle group 5 XORs the divided data 71 received from the data transfer vehicle group 2 with the composite data 73 received from the data composite vehicle group 4 to restore the unreceived divided data 72.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: a vehicle information acquiring unit 10 to obtain the vehicle information about a vehicle state of its own vehicle; a cloud communication unit 11 to transmit the vehicle information obtained by the vehicle information acquiring unit 10 to a cloud server 2, and to receive the communication establishment information transmitted from the cloud server 2; an intervehicle communication unit 13 to carry out intervehicle communication; and a controller 12 to instruct the intervehicle communication unit 13 to perform the intervehicle communication and to establish communication in accordance with the communication establishment information the cloud communication unit 11 receives.

Abstract: A leading vehicle group 1 transmits divided data 71 and 72 obtained by dividing vehicle information 7. Data transfer vehicle groups 2 and 3 transfer the divided data 71 and 72 to a data composite vehicle group 4 and to following vehicle groups 5 and 6. The data composite vehicle group 4 transfers composite data 73 obtained by XORing the divided data 71 and 72 to the following vehicle groups 5 and 6. The following vehicle group 5 XORs the divided data 71 received from the data transfer vehicle group 2 with the composite data 73 received from the data composite vehicle group 4 to restore the unreceived divided data 72.

Abstract: An advertisement information distribution device 2 receives an advertisement information distribution request including manufacturer information from a client terminal via a communicator 23, and distributes advertisement information. Because the distribution destination terminal information manager 24 manages the manufacturer information about the client terminal to which the advertisement information is distributed, the number of distributions of advertisement information can be counted for each manufacturer, and the advertising cost can be shared out among manufacturers according to the number of distributions to the manufacturers and monetary merits can be provided for the manufacturers.

Abstract: An in-vehicle device 1 regularly transmits to an information distribution server 2 an acquisition request that includes an own vehicle position and a facility search condition, and acquires facility information matching the condition around the vehicle. The in-vehicle device 1 controls the number of displays of the facility information on the basis of the information in an in-vehicle sensor group 12 when displaying the acquired facility information on a map.

Abstract: An evaluation information posting device determines a rest state of a vehicle on the basis of rest information, determines a facility at which the vehicle has stopped off by using position information showing a rest position of the vehicle, map information including facility information about facilities located in an area surrounding the position shown by this position information, and a keyword about a facility at the rest position of the vehicle, and, by using both stop-off facility information about the facility which is a result of the determination, and a keyword about an evaluation which is provided for this facility, generates evaluation information about the stop-off facility and posts this evaluation information to an evaluation information managing server.

Abstract: An information presentation device includes a device side communicator that communicates with an information distribution server that retrieves information corresponding to distribution request information from information to be distributed and performs a selection on the information retrieved thereby and distributes information selected thereby, an information inputter that inputs both the contents of a request for information that is desired to be distributed, and points specifying both a reward for provision of information corresponding to this request contents and a description of the selection, a request information setter that generates the distribution request information to which both the request contents and the points are set, and transmits the distribution request information to the information distribution server via the communicator, and an information presenter that receives, via the communicator, the information which the information distribution server selects according to the description.

Abstract: A communication device includes: a purpose information estimator that estimates purpose information indicating a purpose of movement of a user who moves using the mobile object, based on mobile-object-specific information that includes at least one of a usage schedule and a usage history of the mobile object, and user-specific information that includes at least one of an activity schedule and an activity history of the user who moves using the mobile object; a formation-condition determinator that determines a formation condition for a virtual network for the mobile objects of which the purpose information estimated by the estimator is the same or similar, based on the mobile-object-specific information and the user-specific information in the plurality of mobile objects; and a virtual network former that forms a virtual network through which the mobile objects that satisfy the formation condition determined by the determinator among the plurality of mobile objects can communicate with each other.

Abstract: A service information provision apparatus is provided with a data service information table configured from a service discovery information table showing association of specific information of a service provider and service discovery information as service content information provided by the service provider, and a service offer information table showing association of the service discovery information of the service discovery information table and data contents corresponding to the service discovery information.

Abstract: A multimedia information receiving apparatus receives multimedia information which is transmitted by a broadcast system and receives multimedia information which is simultaneously transmitted by another transmission system such as IP communications, and generates one received information by selecting elements having a few errors from elements of demodulated broadcast system information and elements of demodulated other transmission system information and then arranging the selected elements.

Abstract: A content display device includes a content setting storage means 106 for storing a content setting which associates a content selection request with a content which an external device has, a content setting server means 107 for accepting a content setting from a content setting client 108 on a network to update and manage content settings stored in the content setting storage means 106, and a display content management means 109 for reading a content setting corresponding to the content selection request from the content setting storage means 106 to present the content which the content setting client 108 has to a display means 102, or, when the content setting corresponding to the content setting request does not exist, displaying a method of accessing the content setting server means 107 and identification information for identifying the content setting client 108 on the display means 102.

Abstract: An application executing unit 4 makes a request for assignment of a remote control button to an application currently being executed, a button assignment management unit 5 carries out an assignment process of assigning the remote control button to the application, and a user interface unit 2 inquires of the button assignment management unit 5 about an application corresponding to a remote control button indicated by a remote control code received by a remote control code receiving unit 1 shows, and notifies a predetermined event associated with the application to the application executing unit 4.

Abstract: An analysis unit extracts conditions for branching in a sequence from sequence data recorded in a recording unit. A condition setting unit presents the result of the condition extraction performed by the analysis unit to the user, accepts a condition setting which the user inputs in response to the presentation of the condition extraction result, and outputs a description of the condition setting as condition setting information to a reconstruction unit. The reconstruction unit reconstructs and outputs the sequence data according to the condition setting information from the condition setting unit, and outputs the sequence data reconstructed thereby as a simplified sequence.

Abstract: A client apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a contents list request transmitting means 401 for transmitting a request of a media server apparatus 101 to transmit a contents list which is a list of metadata of contents, a contents list receiving means 402 for receiving the contents list from the media server apparatus 101, an item list storing means 403 for storing the contents list and an item list having listed items each of which is described as metadata, an item list transmitting means 404 for transmitting the item list to a monitor server apparatus 102, a key input means 405 for receiving a key input, an input key transmitting means 406 for transmitting the key input to the monitor server apparatus 102, and an identification information receiving means 407 for receiving identification information making it possible to uniquely identify each item included in the item list.

Abstract: A transcoder includes transcoder modules 12 and 13 which convert the formats of contents stored in servers 2 and 3 into formats which can be supported by a renderer 4, respectively, and an internal controller 11 for comparing the format of each content stored in the servers 2 and 3 with the conversion functions of the transcoder modules 12 and 13 to create a transcoder content list in which contents which can be supported are described, and for transferring a content acquisition request to acquire a content to the servers 2 and 3, the content acquisition request being transmitted thereto on the basis of the created transcoder content list.

Abstract: A service information provision apparatus is provided with a data service information table configured from a service discovery information table showing association of specific information of a service provider and service discovery information as service content information provided by the service provider, and a service offer information table showing association of the service discovery information of the service discovery information table and data contents corresponding to the service discovery information.