POSITIONING SYSTEM, INTERMEDIATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE INTERMEDIATION DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE INTERMEDIATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORED WITH CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE INTERMEDIATION DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a positioning system and the like capable of assigning a positioning result acquisition mode of a terminal equipment by a network side, in response to the condition of the network side.;SOLUTION: This intermediation device 80 intermediates the communication among the terminal equipment 20, an information providing device for providing support information to the terminal equipment 20, and a positioning device 50 for positioning the present position of the terminal equipment. The intermediation device 80 has an acquired information volume information generating means for generating acquired information volume information indicating a handled information volume in the intermediation device 80, an acquired information volume allowance range propriety deciding means for deciding whether the handled information volume is within a handled information volume allowed range, a positioning means assigning information generating means for generating positioning means assigning information to assign selection out of an internal positioning means for positioning the present position by the the terminal equipment 20, or an external positioning request means for requesting positioning to the information providing device, to the terminal equipment 20, and a positioning means assigning information transmitting means for transmitting the positioning means assigning information to the terminal equipment 20.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI