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Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and program

US8788567B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 23, 2009
Grant dateJul 22, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/2849
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including an information acquiring unit for acquiring, from external apparatuses connected via a network, processing information about a processing to be executed by each of the external apparatuses and/or about a result of a processing executed thereby and information about a function that each of the external apparatuses can execute in cooperation with the information processing apparatus; an information display unit for displaying the processing information of each of the external apparatuses and program information about program contents and displaying, on the basis of the information about the function of each of the external apparatuses, functions that can be executed by each of the external apparatuses with respect to the one or more program contents; and a function execution unit for causing the external apparatus to execute a selected function with respect to a selected program content.

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