JP5454370B2 - Lubrication information providing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a fuel supply information providing apparatus that provides various automobile fuel dealer information such as business hours of automobile fuel dealers and fees using a mobile terminal.

  Conventionally, the oil supply instruction | indication apparatus of patent document 1 is known. This is to provide a fueling instruction device that notifies the driver of an optimal fueling method in consideration of the fuel price, fuel remaining amount, fuel consumption prediction, scheduled travel route, and the like of a plurality of dealers.

  Therefore, in Patent Document 1, when a driver designates a destination for a navigation unit mounted on a vehicle, the navigation unit displays information such as the location, price, and business hours of an automobile fuel dealer on the travel route by using a base station. Get from the server via At the same time, the fuel state of the vehicle is detected.

  And if the fuel price of the next automobile fuel dealer on the route is the lowest, or if there is a cheapest automobile fuel dealer within the full tank range from the next automobile fuel dealer, or Each condition such as whether there is a cheapest automobile fuel dealer within the actual cruising distance when there is no fuel supply at an automobile fuel dealer, or whether there is a cheapest automobile fuel dealer before the destination to decide. As a result, the necessity of refueling at the next automobile fuel dealer and the planned amount of refueling are instructed.

  Moreover, the oil supply instruction | indication apparatus of patent document 2 is known. This relates to a route guidance device capable of collecting and presenting information about fuel unit price at a gas station without an input operation by a user.

  In this patent document 2, contents including the fuel price unit price of automobile fuel dealers nationwide imported from the mobile phone / PHS information acquisition part and the beacon information acquisition part and the location information of the automobile fuel dealers are collected. Yes. Further, the position of the automobile fuel dealer on the route determined by the path judging means and the fuel unit price of the fuel sold at the automobile fuel dealer are displayed.

  Further, as Patent Document 3, as a condition for referring to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone for access restriction in a system that distributes information on the terminal position and the situation at the place according to the purpose of the user There are known systems that provide maritime safety information by determining marine safety information and its distribution mode by referring to weather / sea conditions such as weather, water temperature, and temperature as well as the terminal position.

  In Patent Document 3, a user who has a mobile phone having a GPS (Global Positioning System) function and a browser function is on board a ship that is navigating a coastal area. Wireless base stations are installed in the coastal area. The wireless base station and the mobile phone can be wirelessly connected. A wireless base station, a coastal / coastal information center, and an information site are connected to a communication network including a cellular phone network.

JP 2003-294458 A JP 2002-195843 A JP 2005-101992 A

  The known techniques described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 are systems that provide information on automobile fuel dealers to the driver using a car navigation system. And although it searches for the position of the automobile fuel dealer in relation to the travel route, there is a problem that this service cannot be used in a vehicle not equipped with a car navigation system.

  Further, the mobile phone of Patent Document 3 is exclusively for maritime traffic, and cannot collect automobile fuel dealer information, that is, refueling information for vehicles traveling on land roads.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems existing in the prior art, and its purpose is to provide information on automobile fuel stores using a portable terminal without using a car navigation system. It is to obtain an oil supply information providing device capable of collecting the fuel.

  Descriptions of patent documents listed as prior art can be introduced or incorporated by reference as explanations of technical elements described in this specification.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention employs the following technical means. That is, the invention according to claim 1 is a fuel supply information providing device that acquires automobile fuel dealer information of an automobile fuel dealer from a communication base station using a portable terminal that communicates wirelessly with the communication base station. The mobile terminal that requests the communication base station to acquire the information of the automobile fuel dealer by transmitting the current location of the mobile terminal and the information acquisition range that is the range of obtaining the automobile fuel dealer information from the portable terminal to the communication base station. Control means installed on the communication base station side that acquires automobile fuel dealer information within the information acquisition range specified by the transmission means and transmits it to the mobile terminal according to the request from the transmission means of the terminal, and control e Bei display means of the mobile terminal for displaying a vehicle fuel store information sent from the unit to the display of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal automotive fuel store information transmitted from the control means And a means for transmitting an e-mail from the portable terminal to the displayed automobile fuel dealer, and a communication base station by an automatic reply e-mail of the automobile fuel dealer that has received the e-mail. This is characterized in that individual automobile fuel dealer information that does not involve the control means is displayed on the display of the portable terminal .

According to the present invention, the mobile terminal that requests the communication base station to acquire the information of the automobile fuel dealer by transmitting the current location of the portable terminal and the information acquisition range related to the automobile fuel dealer information from the portable terminal to the communication base station. Terminal transmission means, control means installed on the communication base station side, in accordance with a request from the transmission means, acquires automobile fuel dealer information within an information acquisition range designated from the transmission means, and transmits to the portable terminal, and control means The vehicle fuel dealer information sent from the mobile phone is displayed on the display of the mobile terminal. Therefore, even if a navigation system corresponding to this kind of information providing service is not provided, the mobile terminal that is generally used is used. It is possible to obtain information on automobile fuel dealers. Therefore, when the remaining amount of fuel is reduced, desired automobile fuel dealer information can be acquired from the portable terminal at any place. In addition, since the information acquisition range is designated from the mobile terminal side, information suitable for the display on the mobile terminal and the intention of operating the mobile terminal can be obtained. In addition, the vehicle fuel dealer information transmitted from the control means is displayed on a display in the portable terminal, and an electronic mail is transmitted from the portable terminal to the displayed automobile fuel dealer. Since the individual vehicle fuel dealer information that does not involve the control means of the communication base station is displayed on the display of the mobile terminal by the automatic reply e-mail of the automobile fuel dealer that received the mail, more detailed individual automobile fuel dealer information, or You can receive service.
In the invention according to claim 2, the means for transmitting the e-mail from the portable terminal to the displayed automobile fuel dealer comprises an e-mail touch switch displayed on the display in the portable terminal, and the e-mail touch switch It is characterized by the fact that an automatic reply e-mail arrives from the car fuel dealer of the other party by one touch.
According to the present invention, when an electronic mail touch switch is operated, an automatic reply e-mail arrives from the other automobile fuel dealer, and more detailed individual automobile fuel dealer information such as event information not involving the control means of the communication base station Can be received by e-mail. In addition, an e-mail touch switch can be used to send an e-mail with a single touch .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when transmitting the current location and the information acquisition range from the transmission means, the communication base station transmits the search priority when searching for information together, and the search priority Is characterized in that it is at least one of related to the price of automobile fuel, related to the distance from the current location to the automobile fuel dealer, and related to the business hours of the automobile fuel dealer.

  According to the present invention, the priority of search is transmitted, the priority of search relates to the price of automobile fuel, the distance from the current location to the automobile fuel dealer, and the business hours of the automobile fuel dealer. Since it is at least one of them, the type of information desired to be obtained by operating the mobile terminal can be specified, and necessary information can be preferentially acquired even in a mobile terminal having a relatively small display size.

In the invention according to claim 4 , the priority of the search is related to the price of the automobile fuel, and the automobile fuel dealer information acquired by the communication base station is rearranged in the order of the lowest charge to change the mobile terminal from the communication base station. It is characterized by transmitting to.

  According to this invention, since the automobile fuel dealer information is rearranged in the order of the lowest charge and then transmitted to the portable terminal, the operation on the portable terminal side can be easily performed.

In the invention according to claim 5 , the priority of the search is related to the business hours of the automobile fuel dealer, and the information on the automobile fuel dealers received by the communication base station is rearranged in the order of longer business hours. It is characterized by transmitting from a station to a mobile terminal.

  According to this invention, since it rearranges in order with long business hours and transmits to a portable terminal, it can make it easy to perform operation by the portable terminal side.

In the invention described in claim 6 , the transmission means transmits area information for specifying an information acquisition range to be acquired of automobile fuel dealer information to the communication base station, and the control means on the communication base station side includes the area information The feature is to narrow down the information of automobile fuel dealers to be acquired.

  According to this invention, the transmission means transmits the area information specifying the information acquisition range to be acquired for the automobile fuel dealer information to the communication base station, and the control means on the communication base station side acquires the information according to the area information. Therefore, information that can be easily displayed on a portable terminal with a small display screen can be obtained.

The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the area information is a range of a predetermined radius from the current location, or a range of an azimuth designated from the current location.

  According to the present invention, since the area information is within a predetermined radius range from the current location or a range of orientations specified from the current location, the area information is acquired corresponding to the location where the driver of the car operating the mobile terminal is located. Information can be selected, and narrowed-down information that can be easily displayed on a portable terminal with a small display screen can be obtained.

It is a system configuration | structure figure of the oil supply information provision apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the basic processing flow of the whole fuel supply information provision apparatus shown in FIG. It is a schematic image figure in the display of a portable terminal which shows the image which appeared when the portable terminal in the said embodiment was connected to the network which concerns on the fuel supply information provision apparatus. In the said embodiment, it is a schematic image figure in the display of a portable terminal which shows the image when inputting the information of the automobile fuel dealer of which area is collected from the present location of a portable terminal. In the said embodiment, it is a schematic image figure in the display of the portable terminal which reports the priority of a search with a portable terminal to a communication base station. In the said embodiment, after selecting the priority of the information which should be searched with a portable terminal, it is a schematic image figure in the display of the portable terminal which notifies the information for narrowing down information to a communication base station. In the said embodiment, it is a schematic image figure in the display of a portable terminal which shows the list-up image of the automobile fuel store notified from the communication base station according to the priority of the search instruct | indicated with the portable terminal. In the said embodiment, it is a schematic image figure in the display of a portable terminal which shows the example of an image of the detailed automobile fuel dealer information of the automobile fuel dealer notified from the communication base station. It is a schematic image figure in the display of the portable terminal which shows the content of the reply e-mail from the automobile fuel dealer notified from the communication base station in the said embodiment.

(One embodiment)
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an oil supply information providing apparatus 100 according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a communication base station 1 exchanges information wirelessly with a plurality of neighboring automobile fuel stores 2, 3, and 4.

  In particular, the mobile terminal 5 including a mobile phone has a known position information acquisition function for acquiring the position of the mobile terminal 5 at least in relation to the communication base station 1. The communication base station 1 is provided with a server information terminal 6 according to the present fuel supply information providing apparatus. The information terminal 6 of this server constitutes a control means for collecting information of the surrounding automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, 4 and transmitting it to the portable terminal 5.

  The information terminal 6 constituting this control means collects and displays information from neighboring automobile fuel stores 2, 3, and 4. In FIG. 1, there are actually many communication base stations 1, but only one is schematically illustrated. The portable terminal 5 has a full-screen display 5a and is operated with the touch switch 5b.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a basic processing flow of the entire refueling information providing apparatus shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, when the control is started, in step S <b> 1, the driver of the car selects information on the car fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4 from the Web menu of the mobile terminal 5. At this time, information on the current location, information acquisition range, and search priority of the mobile terminal 5 is also transmitted to the communication base station 1.

  In step S2, the communication base station 1 executes a search for the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4 to be searched from the received current location, information acquisition range, and search priority, and the automobile fuel dealer 2 Request automobile fuel dealer information to 3, 4 and 4. Next, in step S 3, the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4 that are requested of the automobile fuel dealer information from the communication base station 1 respond to the communication base station 1 with information such as business hours and gasoline prices.

  Next, in step S4, processing according to the priority of search requested by the driver of the car is executed. That is, when the priority of the search is the distance from the current location to the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4, in step S5, the received automobile fuel dealer information is rearranged in ascending order of the distance to the current location.

  If the priority of the search is the automobile fuel charge (price), in step S6, the received automobile fuel dealer information is sorted in ascending order of charge. If the search priority is the business hours of the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4, the received automobile fuel dealer information is rearranged in descending order of business hours in step S 7.

  Next, in step S <b> 8, the communication base station 1 transmits the rearranged automobile fuel store information to the mobile terminal 5. In step S9, the portable terminal 5 displays the received automobile fuel dealer information on its own display 5a (FIG. 1). That is, step S9 constitutes a part of the display means of the mobile terminal 5.

Hereinafter, the steps S1 to S9 will be described in more detail while describing a display example of the display 5a of the portable terminal 5 more specifically.
(Step S1)
The driver of the car uses the Web function of the portable terminal 5 to request information on the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4 from the communication base station 1 through the display 5 a of the portable terminal 5 in FIG. 3. That is, FIG. 3 is a schematic image diagram on the display 5a of the mobile terminal 5 showing an image that appears when the mobile terminal 5 is connected to the network related to the fuel supply information providing apparatus 100 (FIG. 1).

  By operating the YES touch switch 5c on the screen of FIG. 3, the mobile terminal acquires the current location information of the mobile terminal 5, and the server having the information terminal 6 that supervises the refueling information providing device in the communication base station 1, The acquired current location information is transmitted, and a notification is made that the automobile fuel dealer information is to be obtained.

  Note that the location information of the current location of the mobile terminal 5 may be a well-known location search function of the mobile terminal 5 using a radio wave transmitted from the mobile terminal 5 or GPS (Global Positioning System) information. As examples of these position search functions, Japanese Patent No. 3478257 and Japanese Patent No. 3779017 can be used.

  When the YES touch switch 5c on the screen of FIG. 3 is pressed, the screen is switched to the area information 11 (FIG. 4) screen. FIG. 4 is a schematic image on the display 5a of the portable terminal 5 showing an image when inputting the area information 11 indicating which area of the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, 4 is collected from the current location of the portable terminal 5. FIG. In the example of FIG. 4, a spatial information acquisition range consisting of area information 11 for requesting collection of automobile dealer information of automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4 within a radius of 5 km from the current location is input.

  Thus, the information acquisition range including the area information 11 selects an optimum radius from the radii centered on the current position displayed on the display 5a of the mobile terminal 5. Alternatively, the direction 12 from the current position is selected. This azimuth 12 is obtained by dividing the circumferential angle into eight equal parts with reference to the four directions of east, west, south, and north, and can be selected by touching the azimuth button 5d.

For example, when one of the azimuth buttons 5d in the eight directions of east, west, south, north, northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest is selected from the display screen of the display 5a as shown in FIG. Is received by a server having the information terminal 6 in the communication base station 1 as information acquisition range, that is, request information indicating that it is desired to acquire information of the automobile fuel stores 2, 3, 4 up to 10 km ahead.
(Step S2)
As described above, the communication base station 1 searches the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4 to be searched from the request for the information acquisition range including the received current location and area information 11, and searches the automobile fuel sales thus searched. Request stores 2, 3 and 4 for automobile fuel dealer information. These processes are executed by a program in the server according to the present apparatus in the communication base station 1.
(Step S3)
Next, in step S3 of FIG. 2, the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3 and 4 that have requested the automobile fuel dealer information from the communication base station 1 respond to the communication base station 1 with information such as business hours and gasoline prices. To do.
(Steps S4, S5, S6, S7)
After the operation on the screen of FIG. 4, the screen automatically switches to the screen of FIG. FIG. 5 is a schematic image diagram showing an image of the display 5 a that notifies the communication base station 1 of the search priority order in the mobile terminal 5. In the screen of FIG. When the distance is selected, the process of step S5 in FIG. 2 is executed. 2. 2 is selected, the process of step S6 in FIG. 2 is executed. 3. 2 is selected, the process of step S7 in FIG. 2 is executed.

  When narrowing down information collection such as collecting only the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4 currently in operation, the narrowing down button 5e is pushed after selecting any one of 1.2.3 in FIG. As a result, the screen is switched to a screen on which various types of narrowing information 14 in FIG. 6 are listed. This narrowed down information 14 indicates a temporal information acquisition range. Therefore, the information acquisition range includes the area information 11 (FIG. 4) as a spatial information acquisition range and the narrowed information 14 (FIG. 6) as a temporal information acquisition range.

  There is a problem that, for example, it is not possible to cope with refueling at automobile fuel stores 2, 3, and 4 in the morning of tomorrow morning simply by listing those currently in operation. FIG. 6 is a schematic image diagram on the display 5a of the portable terminal 5 showing an image for notifying the communication base station 1 of the narrowed down information when it is desired to further narrow down after selecting the search priority in the portable terminal 5.

  In FIG. 6, when the priority item (1.) of the automobile fuel dealer information to be collected is selected, the server of the communication base station 1 collects the information of the automobile fuel dealer that is in operation for 60 minutes from now. Ask.

  In FIG. 6, when the priority item (2.) of the automobile fuel dealer information to be collected is selected, information collection is requested for the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, 4 that are in operation until 8:00 tomorrow morning. In FIG. 6, when the priority item (3.) of the automobile fuel dealer information to be collected is selected, the collection of the automobile fuel dealer information that is in operation until 24:00 tonight is requested.

In FIG. 6, when the priority item (4.) of the automobile fuel dealer information to be collected is selected, the collection of the automobile fuel dealer information that is open this Saturday is requested. In FIG. 6, when the priority item (5.) of the automobile fuel dealer information to be collected is selected, the collection of the automobile fuel dealer information that is open on this Sunday is requested.
(Steps S8 and S9)
Next, in step S8 of FIG. 2, the communication base station 1 transmits the rearranged automobile fuel dealer information to the portable terminal 5, and in step S9, the search indicated by the portable terminal 5 as shown in the screen of FIG. The car dealer information 10 is rearranged and displayed in order of priority.

  Here, FIG. 7 is a schematic image on the display 5a of the portable terminal 5 showing a list-up image of the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4 notified from the communication base station 1 in accordance with the priority of search designated by the portable terminal 5. FIG.

  When the name of the automobile fuel sales store 2, 3, 4 listed in FIG. 7 is selected by the name touch switch 5f, a preferred store is further selected from the listed stores, and the detailed vehicle fuel of the store is selected. Store information can be obtained.

  Information such as business hours of the store is viewed from the detailed automobile fuel store information. Detailed automobile fuel dealer information includes store name, address, telephone number, map, unit price of gasoline, business hours, holiday information, score of the store, and the like.

  That is, by operating the name touch switch 5f, the portable terminal 5 receives detailed automobile fuel dealer information from the communication base station 1 and displays it on the display 5a of the portable terminal 5 as shown in FIG. Here, FIG. 8 is a schematic image view on the display 5a of the portable terminal 5 showing an example of detailed automobile fuel dealer information of the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4 notified from the communication base station 1. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the detailed automobile fuel dealer information, a map 5g indicating the location of the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3 and 4, the current automobile fuel fee 5h, business hours, holiday information, etc. are displayed. . When the return touch switch 5c1 displayed as “Return” is pressed, the list of FIG. 7 is displayed again. Note that current location information may be displayed in the map 5g.

  FIG. 9 is a schematic image diagram on the display 5a of the portable terminal 5 showing the contents (individual automobile fuel dealer information) of the reply email 15 from the automobile fuel dealer notified from the communication base station 1. In FIG. 8, when the e-mail touch switch 5c2 in which “detailed information is received by e-mail” is pressed, an automatic reply e-mail is received from the automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4 as shown in FIG. Further, individual automobile fuel dealer information such as event information not involving the server of the communication base station 1 can be received by e-mail. In addition, the e-mail touch switch 5c2 can be used to send an e-mail with a single touch.

  Also, the member service can be received by showing the screen stored in the automatic reply e-mail when refueling. The electronic mail touch switch 5c2 of FIG. 8 constitutes means for transmitting an electronic mail from the portable terminal 5 to the automobile fuel stores 2, 3, and 4. Reference numeral 16 denotes a two-dimensional bar code, which is used when a member service is received by reading a machine in the case of unattended, such as a self-service gas station.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified or expanded as follows. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the full-screen portable terminal 5 operated using the touch switch is shown, but the portable terminal 51 with the small display 5a1 operated using the normal push button 5b1 shown in FIG. 1 is used. May be.

  In the above-described embodiment, the search priority is at least one of the one related to the price of automobile fuel, the one related to the distance from the current location to the automobile fuel dealer, and the one related to the business hours of the automobile fuel dealer. A combination of conditions may be used as the search priority. In this case, for example, it is possible to know an automobile fuel dealer with a low charge within a predetermined range and a relatively short distance.

  In the above-described embodiment, the spatial information acquisition range from the area information 11 and the temporal information acquisition range from the narrowed information 14 are transmitted from the transmission unit of the mobile terminal 5, but the area information is transmitted from the communication base station 1 side. Only the temporal information acquisition range from the narrowed down information and the current location may be transmitted from the transmission unit of the portable terminal 5.

  In this case, the server on the communication base station 1 side searches for the corresponding automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, and 4 from a predetermined radius determined in advance from the current location. This predetermined radius may be changed according to the area including the current location. Further, the predetermined radius may be expanded until a predetermined number of automobile fuel dealers 2, 3, 4 are searched.

  Further, the server constituting the control means on the communication base station 1 side and its information terminal 6 may not be in the communication base station 1 but may be in a management center capable of communicating with the communication base station 1.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Communication base station 2, 3, 4 Automobile fuel store 5, 51 Mobile terminal 5a Display of full screen display of mobile terminal 5a1 Small display of mobile terminal 5b Touch switch 5b1 Push button switch 5c YES touch switch 5c1 Return touch switch 5c2 Mobile E-mail touch switch as a means for e-mailing from the terminal 5d Direction button 5e Narrowing button 5f Name touch switch 5g Map that forms detailed automobile fuel dealer information 5h Current automobile fuel price that forms detailed automobile fuel dealer information 6 Communication base Information terminal of server constituting control means on the station side 10 Car dealer information 11, 14 Area information 11 as information acquisition range, and narrowing information 14
12 Direction specified from current location 15 Contents of reply e-mail from automobile fuel dealer (individual automobile fuel dealer information)
16 Two-dimensional barcode 100 Refueling information providing device S1 Means for transmitting information acquisition request wirelessly S9 Display means for portable terminal

Claims (7)

A refueling information providing device for obtaining automobile fuel dealer information of an automobile fuel dealer from the communications base station using a mobile terminal that communicates wirelessly with a communications base station,
By transmitting the current location of the mobile terminal and the information acquisition range, which is a range for acquiring the automobile fuel dealer information, from the mobile terminal to the communication base station, information on the automobile fuel dealer information is transmitted to the communication base station. Means for transmitting the portable terminal requesting acquisition;
Control means installed on the side of the communication base station for acquiring the automobile fuel dealer information within the information acquisition range designated from the transmission means according to the request from the transmission means, and transmitting the information to the portable terminal, And display means of the portable terminal that displays the automobile fuel dealer information transmitted from the control means on the display of the portable terminal,
The vehicle fuel dealer information transmitted from the control means is displayed on the display in the portable terminal, and an electronic mail is transmitted from the portable terminal to the displayed automobile fuel dealer. And the individual automobile fuel dealer information that does not involve the control means of the communication base station is displayed on the display of the portable terminal by the automatic reply email of the automobile fuel dealer that has received the email. Refueling information providing device.   The means for sending an e-mail from the portable terminal to the displayed automobile fuel dealer comprises an e-mail touch switch displayed on the display in the portable terminal, and one-touch the e-mail touch switch. The refueling information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the automatic reply e-mail arrives from the preceding automobile fuel dealer. When transmitting the current location and the information acquisition range from the transmission unit, transmit the search priority when searching for information on the communication base station side,
The priority of the search is at least one of the one relating to the price of automobile fuel, the one relating to the distance from the present location to the automobile fuel dealer, and the one relating to the business hours of the automobile fuel dealer. Item 3. The oil supply information providing device according to item 1 or 2 . The priority of the search is related to the charge of the automobile fuel, and the automobile fuel dealer information acquired by the communication base station is rearranged in the order of the lowest charge to the mobile terminal from the communication base station. The oil supply information providing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the information is transmitted. The priority of the search is related to the business hours of the automobile fuel dealer, and the automobile fuel dealer information received by the communication base station is sorted from the communication base station in the descending order of the business hours. The refueling information providing device according to claim 3 , wherein the refueling information providing device is transmitted to a mobile terminal. The transmission means transmits area information specifying the information acquisition range to be acquired from the automobile fuel dealer information to the communication base station,
The refueling information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the control unit on the communication base station side narrows down the acquired automobile fuel dealer information according to the area information. The refueling information providing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the area information is a range of a predetermined radius from the current location or a range of a direction designated from the current location.

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