摘要 |
An information providing apparatus provides a menu to a portable terminal and, when an item is selected from the menu by the user of the portable terminal, provides detailed information about the item. The information providing apparatus has an IC-tag reader that corresponds to a menu item and performs short-distance wireless communication with the portable terminal held thereover. Upon receiving, from the portable terminal that has received input information, the input information via the IC-tag reader through short-distance wireless communication, the information providing apparatus performs a predetermined process corresponding to the menu item based on the input information and predetermined identification information.
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