| 摘要 |
An information providing apparatus by which the relevant information pertinent to a product and the additional information pertinent to the relevant information can be automatically acquired by exploiting identification codes, such as bar codes, without the need to effectuate manual retrieval. When a software, such as PC media player software, provided with the bar code readout function, is executed, a computer device 30 is booted in association with an enclosed database 31 forming a portion of an HDD to reprieve the product information corresponding to the bar codes. The computer device 30 may retrieve the product information using a bar code-content database 40 connected to outside over the network. The computer device 30 automatically acquires the relevant information over the Internet from the Web servers 41, 42 and 43, connected to the internet, based on the retrieved product information, for demonstration on a display unit 50.
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