TRANSIT INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM

A transit information provision device includes a transit event information acquiring unit which acquires transit event information; a transit information provision unit which provides the transit information to a user; a position information extraction unit which successively extracts position information which indicates a present position of the user; a route acceptance unit which accepts an anticipated movement route for the user; a detour traveling judgment unit which judges whether or not the user has traveled along the anticipated movement route; and a transit information provision rule calculation unit operable to calculate a rule for providing the transit information using transit event information when it is judged, by the detour traveling judgment unit that the user has traveled along the anticipated movement route, and transit event information when the user is judged to have detoured by the detour traveling judgment unit.