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Information processing apparatus and method for controlling information processing apparatus

US8875164B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 2013
Grant dateOct 28, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 6, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F9/4484
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a storage that stores first information and second information, the first information associating a content of a call to be issued from a first application with information on whether to cause a user to select any of second applications, the second information associating the content of the call to be issued from the first application with any of the second applications, and a processor that is configured to receive a call issued from the first application, determine whether the received call is associated with information to cause the user to select any of the second applications based on the first information, specify the second application associated with a content of the received call based on the second information when the received call is determined to be associated with the information to cause the user to select the second applications, and execute the specified second application.

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