Apparatus and method for providing real-time information

摘要

An apparatus and method for providing real time information is characterized in that status information data indicative of temporal status information on an arbitray area and theme, which consist of either video data or data obtained by combining the video data with at least one of audio data and text data, are received from an external terminal unit in real time, sorted in accordance with a corresponding area and theme, and managed in a temporal order. The latest information from a list of the status information data for each item selected by an arbitrary information user is primarily provided to the information user if the information user requests a data request message of the status information data through the external terminal unit. Previous information of a corresponding item is sequentially provided to the information user if the information user requests additional data on an arbitrary item.