SEARCH SYSTEM, PORTABLE INFORMATION DEVICE, AND SEARCH PROGRAM

摘要

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To return a search result in the neighborhood of a portable information device when a search keyword is input to the portable information device. Ž<P>SOLUTION: A position information acquiring section 52 obtains a latitude and a longitude as the position information of the portable information device 10. A display control section 54 displays a search window for inputting a search keyword. Upon receiving a trigger to perform a search after the input of the search keyword to the search window, a transmission/reception control section 56 transmits the position information to a server 12. A place-name search section 62 obtains a plurality of place names corresponding to the position information received from the portable information device 10 from a place-name data holding section 64 hierarchizing and holding the place names corresponding to the position information. An output section 66 transmits the obtained place names to the portable information device 10. The display control section 54 displays candidates for the place names. The transmission/reception control section 56 associates a place name and a search keyword selected by the user with each other to output it to a search engine. Ž<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT Ž