INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE AND PROVIDING DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize an information providing device and a providing device which can offer sufficient information to a person who needs care or medical treatment and to a person who stays temporarily at facilities. SOLUTION: A LAN in a hospital connects an antenna 101, a video multiplexing device 103, a device 105 for reproducing video tape or DVD, a Web terminal 107, a television 109, a personal computer 111, a card vending machine 115 which vends prepaid cards, etc., a server 117 having functions of a Web server, a database server, a mail server, etc., and an e-shop terminal 119 as an automatic vending machine which provides information, articles, or services. The LAN is connected to the Internet 800. A user uses an input device 107a to receive information regarding care and treatment by using the Web terminal 107 and send information to the outside. Further, the user is able to watch at a television broadcast.