Information processing apparatus for performing processing dependent on presence/absence of user, and method therefor
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- presence determination means for determining whether a user is present;
process decision means for employing the result obtained by said presence determination means to decide what process is to be performed; and
processing means for performing said process selected by said process decision means.
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Abstract
In response to an instruction by a user, or by performing reception, detection and assumption processing, the presence state of the user is determined, and corresponding presence mode conversion data are acquired and are set as user presence data. When the presence mode conversion data are referred to, and processing that corresponds to the user'"'"'s presence state is performed: when the user is present, urgent mail is transmitted, and when the user is absent, a message for the user is accepted.
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111 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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presence determination means for determining whether a user is present;
process decision means for employing the result obtained by said presence determination means to decide what process is to be performed; and
processing means for performing said process selected by said process decision means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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presence information acquisition means for acquiring from another apparatus presence information concerning a user;
identification means for identifying an apparatus that corresponds to said presence information obtained by said presence information acquisition means; and
notification means for, based on said apparatus identified by said identification means, transmitting identity of a location at which said user is present. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52)
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53. An information processing apparatus, which is capable of communicating with a different information processing apparatus, comprising:
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interrupted process information acquisition means for acquiring information concerning a process that a user has interrupted at a different apparatus; and
process resumption means for employing said information obtained by said interrupted process information acquisition means to resume said process that was interrupted at said different information apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (54)
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55. An information processing method comprising:
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a presence determination step of determining whether a user is present;
a process decision step of employing the result obtained at said presence determination step to decide what process is to be performed; and
a processing step of performing said process selected at said process decision step. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103)
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104. An information processing method comprising:
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a presence information acquisition step of acquiring from another apparatus presence information concerning a user;
an identification step of identifying an apparatus that corresponds to said presence information obtained at said presence information acquisition step; and
a notification step of, based on said apparatus identified at said identification step, transmitting identity of a location at which said user is present. - View Dependent Claims (105, 106)
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107. An information processing method comprising:
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an interrupted process information acquisition step of acquiring information concerning a process that a user has interrupted at a different apparatus; and
a process resumption step of employing said information obtained at said interrupted process information acquisition step to resume said process that has been interrupted at said different information apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (108)
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109. A computer-readable storage medium in which is stored a program for controlling a computer, said program comprising codes for permitting said computer to perform:
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a presence determination step of determining whether a user is present;
a process decision step of employing the result obtained at said presence determination step to decide what process is to be performed; and
a processing step of performing said process selected at said process decision step.
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110. A computer-readable storage medium in which is stored a program for controlling a computer, said program comprising codes for permitting said computer to perform:
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a presence information acquisition step of acquiring from another apparatus presence information concerning a user;
an identification step of identifying an apparatus that corresponds to said presence information obtained at said presence information acquisition step; and
a notification step of, based on said apparatus identified at said identification step, transmitting identity of a location at which said user is present.
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111. A computer-readable storage medium in which is stored a program for controlling a computer, said program comprising codes for permitting said computer to perform:
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an interrupted process information acquisition step of acquiring information concerning a process that a user has interrupted at a different apparatus; and
a process resumption step of employing said information obtained at said interrupted process information acquisition step to resume said process that has been interrupted at said different information apparatus.
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