Service providing system, information providing apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, and program
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1. A service providing system comprising:
- an information providing apparatus for providing information via a network; and
a plurality of information processing apparatuses sharing the information provided by the information providing apparatus with one another, wherein the information providing apparatus comprises;
first storage means for storing a group to which the information processing apparatuses belong;
second storage means for storing, when first information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the first information in order of receipt;
third storage means for storing, when second information differing from the first information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the second information; and
sending means for simultaneously sending, when the first information or the second information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the received information to the remaining information processing apparatuses belonging to the same group, and the information processing apparatuses each comprise;
first providing means for providing the first information received from the information providing apparatus to a user; and
second providing means for providing the second information received from the information providing apparatus to the user.
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Abstract
In a service providing system, a client computer displays chat log data received from a server in a log display area and shared information in a shared-information display area. When the chat log data and the shared information, both of which are received from the server, are linked with each other, the client computer displays a link arrow heading from a link word of the chat log data towards a shared-information window displaying the shared information linked with the chat log data.
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23 Claims
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1. A service providing system comprising:
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an information providing apparatus for providing information via a network; and
a plurality of information processing apparatuses sharing the information provided by the information providing apparatus with one another, wherein the information providing apparatus comprises;
first storage means for storing a group to which the information processing apparatuses belong;
second storage means for storing, when first information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the first information in order of receipt;
third storage means for storing, when second information differing from the first information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the second information; and
sending means for simultaneously sending, when the first information or the second information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the received information to the remaining information processing apparatuses belonging to the same group, and the information processing apparatuses each comprise;
first providing means for providing the first information received from the information providing apparatus to a user; and
second providing means for providing the second information received from the information providing apparatus to the user.
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2. An information providing apparatus for providing information to a plurality of information processing apparatuses on a network, comprising:
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first storage means for storing a group to which the information processing apparatuses belong;
second storage means for storing, when first information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the first information in order of receipt;
third storage means for storing, when second information differing from the first information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the second information; and
sending means for simultaneously sending, when the first information or the second information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the received information to the remaining information processing apparatuses belonging to the same group. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An information providing method for an information providing apparatus for providing information to a plurality of information processing apparatuses on a network, comprising:
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a first storage step of storing a group to which the information processing apparatuses belong;
a second storage step of storing, when first information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the first information in order of receipt;
a third storage step of storing, when second information differing from the first information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the second information; and
a sending step of sending, when the first information or the second information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the received information to the remaining information processing apparatuses belonging to the same group.
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8. A program for causing a computer for controlling an information providing apparatus for providing information to a plurality of information processing apparatuses on a network to perform a process comprising:
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a first storage step of storing a group to which the information processing apparatuses belong;
a second storage step of storing, when first information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the first information in order of receipt;
a third storage step of storing, when second information differing from the first information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the second information; and
a sending step of sending, when the first information or the second information is received from one of the information processing apparatuses, the received information to the remaining information processing apparatuses belonging to the same group.
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9. An information processing apparatus for sharing information provided by an information providing apparatus via a network with a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, comprising:
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first providing means for providing first information received from the information providing apparatus to a user; and
second providing means for providing second information which is received from the information providing apparatus and which differs from the first information to the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus for sharing information provided by an information providing apparatus via a network with a plurality of other information processing apparatuses, comprising:
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a first providing step of providing first information received from the information providing apparatus to a user; and
a second providing step of providing second information which is received from the information providing apparatus and which differs from the first information to the user.
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23. A program for causing a computer for controlling an information processing apparatus for sharing information provided by an information providing apparatus via a network with a plurality of other information processing apparatuses to perform a process comprising:
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a first providing step of providing first information received from the information providing apparatus to a user; and
a second providing step of providing second information which is received from the information providing apparatus and which differs from the first information to the user.
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