Information-processing apparatus, information-processing methods, recording mediums, and programs
US7673015B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 26, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2201/50
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information-processing apparatus operated by a user to carry out communications through a network transmits user-disclosure information to an other information-processing apparatus. The user-disclosure information includes a number of other users utilizing the information-processing apparatus. The apparatus also receives user-disclosure information for the other apparatus and controls a process to display the other user-disclosure information. The apparatus produces a determination result indicating that a requested connection to the other information-processing apparatus is authorized or not authorized by the other information-processing apparatus based on a response received from the other information-processing apparatus. The response is based on the transmitted user-disclosure information. The apparatus is also configured to transmit image and voice data to the other information-processing apparatus and receive image and voice data from the other information-processing apparatus in case the determination result indicates that a connection with the other information-processing apparatus is authorized by the other information-processing apparatus.
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