Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080232586 | INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - When transmitting position/time information calculated by means of a GPS function to a server apparatus, authentication is carried out with the server apparatus. The position/time information may be certified as legitimate measured by a portable apparatus with a GPS reception function employed by a user. When transmitting information related to the position and the time acquired from a portable phone terminal having the GPS function and a network function by means of the GPS function to the server apparatus, authentication is carried out between the portable phone terminal and the server apparatus. The position/time information is transmitted to the server apparatus, only if the server apparatus is authenticated as a legitimate counterpart for connection. A secret key holding section is provided for holding different secret keys for different apparatuses. The position/time information measured based on an electromagnetic wave received from a positioning satellite is digitally signed by means of the secret key. The identification information and the position/time information having the digital signature are then transmitted to a counterpart. | 09-25-2008 |
20080284648 | INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - When transmitting position/time information calculated by means of a GPS function to a server apparatus, authentication is carried out with the server apparatus. The position/time information may be certified as legitimate measured by a portable apparatus with a GPS reception function employed by a user. When transmitting information related to the position and the time acquired from a portable phone terminal having the GPS function and a network function by means of the GPS function to the server apparatus, authentication is carried out between the portable phone terminal and the server apparatus. The position/time information is transmitted to the server apparatus, only if the server apparatus is authenticated as a legitimate counterpart for connection. A secret key holding section is provided for holding different secret keys for different apparatuses. The position/time information measured based on an electromagnetic wave received from a positioning satellite is digitally signed by means of the secret key. The identification information and the position/time information having the digital signature are then transmitted to a counterpart. | 11-20-2008 |
20100228768 | Information Providing Server, Information Providing System, Information Providing Method and Program - An information providing server of present invention including a state information acquiring unit for acquiring state information related to a state of a user using a client terminal detected at the client terminal connected through a communication network, a database for accumulating data of a content to be used by the user, a selection unit for selecting a part of the data accumulated in the database based on the state information, and a transmission unit for transmitting the data selected by the selection unit to the client terminal. | 09-09-2010 |
20110138079 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, DATA MANAGEMENT SERVER AND DATA SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing apparatus that is connected to a server for managing data, the information processing apparatus including a data storage configured to store the data obtained from the server, a check unit configured to check a cumulative state of change history information indicating a change type of the data in the server stored in the server, and a data obtaining unit configured to use a check result of the check unit as a basis to determine an obtaining method by selecting either a first obtaining method of synchronizing the data stored in the data storage with the data managed by the server in accordance with the change history information or a second obtaining method of obtaining, from the server, data presence information indicating the data existing in the server to synchronize the data stored in the data storage and to obtain the data from the server. | 06-09-2011 |
20110202730 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is arranged in a client terminal connected to a server storing data via a network, wherein the information processing apparatus receives requests from one or a plurality of applications in the client terminal and controls transmission and reception of information to/from the server. The information processing apparatus includes an authentication information storage unit for storing authentication information of a user for accessing the server, and a request transmission unit for attaching the authentication information of the user of the client terminal to a request based on the request given by the application of the client terminal, and transmits the request to the server. | 08-18-2011 |
20110313956 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an apparatus including an information processing apparatus, including a behavior learning unit that learns an activity model representing an activity state of a user as a probabilistic state transition model from time-series data of the user's location, and that finds a state node corresponding to a location where the user conducts activities using the user's activity model, a candidate assigning unit that assigns category candidates related to location or time to the state node, and a display unit that presents the category candidate to the user. | 12-22-2011 |
20110319094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a positioning unit acquiring positioning information on a latitude and longitude showing a position of the positioning unit; a transmission unit transmitting a time-series log, which includes the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit, to a server; a reception unit receiving an activity model showing an activity state of a user, the activity model being obtained by a learning process carried out by the server based on the time-series log; a recognition unit recognizing a present activity state of the user using the positioning information acquired by the positioning unit and the activity model received by the reception unit; and a prediction unit predicting behavior of the user from the present activity state of the user recognized by the recognition unit. | 12-29-2011 |
20120011197 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Some embodiments of the invention provide a server apparatus, comprising: a control block comprising at least one processor; at least one data reception unit operable to receive a request to share a picture; at least one storage facility, storing programmed instructions for execution by the control block, the programmed instructions defining an image analysis engine operable to determine that the picture comprises an image of a person; and at least one data transmission unit operable to issue a request to the person, or someone associated with the person, to consent to sharing the image. Other embodiments provide a method, performed by at least one computer. The method comprises: (A) receiving a request to share a picture; (B) determining that the picture comprises an image of a person; and (C) requesting that the person, or someone associated with the person, consent to sharing the image. | 01-12-2012 |
20120023333 | INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - When transmitting position/time information calculated by means of a GPS function to a server apparatus, authentication is carried out with the server apparatus. The position/time information may be certified as legitimate measured by a portable apparatus with a GPS reception function employed by a user. When transmitting information related to the position and the time acquired from a portable phone terminal having the GPS function and a network function by means of the GPS function to the server apparatus, authentication is carried out between the portable phone terminal and the server apparatus. The position/time information is transmitted to the server apparatus, only if the server apparatus is authenticated as a legitimate counterpart for connection. | 01-26-2012 |
20120163603 | SERVER AND METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MOBILE CLIENT TERMINAL AND METHOD - Systems and methods for operating in connection with mobile devices are described. The mobile devices may move between online and offline areas. In some instances, a prediction may be made as to when a mobile device will enter an offline area. The prediction may be based on sensor information. Data or a key may be transferred to the mobile device prior to entering the offline area. | 06-28-2012 |
20120190339 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - To reduce power consumption for communication operation wherein a client terminal at the time of offline searches a base station or access point. | 07-26-2012 |
20130067484 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a receiver configured to receive a request to perform processing related to a task, from a first information processing apparatus which functions as a client on a network; a scheduler configured to, when a rank of a priority of the scheduler of the information processing apparatus among information processing apparatuses on the network is a first predetermined rank or higher, assign the task to one or a plurality of second information processing apparatuses which function as nodes on the network; and a transmitter configured to transmit a request to execute processing related to the task assigned to the one or the plurality of second information processing apparatuses. | 03-14-2013 |
20130332534 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Some embodiments of the invention provide a server apparatus, comprising: a control block comprising at least one processor; at least one data reception unit operable to receive a request to share a picture; at least one storage facility, storing programmed instructions for execution by the control block, the programmed instructions defining an image analysis engine operable to determine that the picture comprises an image of a person; and at least one data transmission unit operable to issue a request to the person, or someone associated with the person, to consent to sharing the image. Other embodiments provide a method, performed by at least one computer. The method comprises: (A) receiving a request to share a picture; (B) determining that the picture comprises an image of a person; and (C) requesting that the person, or someone associated with the person, consent to sharing the image. | 12-12-2013 |
20140351324 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Some embodiments of the invention provide a server apparatus, comprising: a control block comprising at least one processor; at least one data reception unit operable to receive a request to share a picture; at least one storage facility, storing programmed instructions for execution by the control block, the programmed instructions defining an image analysis engine operable to determine that the picture comprises an image of a person; and at least one data transmission unit operable to issue a request to the person, or someone associated with the person, to consent to sharing the image. Other embodiments provide a method, performed by at least one computer. The method comprises: (A) receiving a request to share a picture; (B) determining that the picture comprises an image of a person; and (C) requesting that the person, or someone associated with the person, consent to sharing the image. | 11-27-2014 |
20150019974 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a processor configured to realize an address term definition function of defining an address term for at least a partial region of an image to be displayed on a display, a display control function of displaying the image on the display and temporarily displaying the address term on the display in association with the region, a voice input acquisition function of acquiring a voice input for the image, and a command issuing function of issuing a command relevant to the region when the address term is included in the voice input. | 01-15-2015 |
20150046170 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a processor configured to achieve a function of registering implicit preference information about a user on the basis of an activity of the user, a function of outputting a question to the user by voice on the basis of the implicit preference information, a function of acquiring an answer to the question from a voice spoken by the user, and a function of registering explicit preference information about the user depending on the answer. | 02-12-2015 |
20150074167 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, SERVER DEVICE, RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing device including an information acquiring unit that acquires an operating environment of an application and function information indicating a function required by the application, and a program acquiring unit that acquires a program corresponding to the operating environment and the function information. | 03-12-2015 |