INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD

摘要

An information providing system and method, an information processing apparatus and method, and a communication terminal and method capable of easily providing information requested. Display units (2A to 2D) of an information board (1) show information that can be provided. A PDA (11) has a built−in non−contact IC card. In each of information requesting units (3A to 3D), a reader/writer is provided. According to the reader/writer in the vicinity of which the PDA (11) is placed, the information board (1) acquires information to be provided to the PDA (11) and establishes communication with the PDA (11) by Bluetooth according to the Bluetooth address of the PDA (11) notified from the non−contact IC card. Upon establishment of communication by Bluetooth, the information board (1) utilizes the communication and provides the acquired information to the PDA (11). The present invention can be applied to various information processing apparatuses providing information to users.