INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20100211585A1
• Filed: 02/05/2010
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kida, Tetsuro, Ito, Yoshio
• Application Number:
  US12/700,823
• Publication Number:
  US 20100211585A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3415 Dynamic re-routing, e.g. recalculating the route when the user deviates from calculated route or after detecting real-time traffic data or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3691 Retrieval, searching and output of information related to real-time traffic, weather, or environmental conditions arrangements for giving variable traffic instructions G08G1/09
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/047 Optimisation of routes or paths, e.g. travelling salesman problem
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting

Abstract

A information processing apparatus including an inquiry section configured to make an inquiry to a server about desired search information on the basis of setting information preliminarily input by a user operation, the server being connected to a network, a receiving section configured to receive the search information about which the inquiry section makes an inquiry to the server, and a notifying section configured to provide notification of the search information, which is received by the receiving section, at a predetermined timing.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

an inquiry section configured to make an inquiry to a server about desired search information on the basis of setting information preliminarily input by a user operation, the server being connected to a network;

a receiving section configured to receive the search information about which the inquiry section makes an inquiry to the server; and

a notifying section configured to provide notification of the search information, which is received by the receiving section, at a predetermined timing.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus further includes an extraction section configured to extract predetermined information from the setting information preliminarily input by the user operation, the predetermined information being used by the inquiry section so as to inquire about the search information,

wherein the inquiry section makes an inquiry to the server about the desired search information on the basis of the predetermined information extracted by the extraction section.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the notifying section causes the search information to be displayed on a display device at a predetermined timing.

4. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein

the receiving section receives other information in addition to the search information, and

the inquiry section makes an inquiry to the server about desired search information again when the receiving section receives information other than the search information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein

when search information newly received by the receiving section is different from previously received search information, the notifying section provides notification of the newly received search information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein

the setting information preliminarily input by the user operation includes the user'"'"'s schedule information, and

the inquiry section inquires about predetermined guidance information on the basis of the schedule information included in the setting information.

7. The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein

the extraction section extracts the user'"'"'s schedule information according to a current time from the setting information.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein

the notifying section causes a calendar and predetermined guidance information to be displayed on the display device, the calendar including the user'"'"'s schedule information, the predetermined guidance information being based on the schedule information inquired about by the inquiry section.

9. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

making an inquiry to a server about desired search information on the basis of setting information preliminarily input by a user operation, the server being connected to a network;

receiving the search information about which the server was inquired; and

providing notification of the search information, which is received by a receiving section, at a predetermined timing.

10. A recording medium storing a computer readable program configured to cause an information processing apparatus to execute processing, the information processing apparatus including:

an inquiry section configured to make an inquiry to a server about desired search information on the basis of setting information preliminarily input by a user operation, the server being connected to a network;

a receiving section configured to receive the search information about which the inquiry section makes an inquiry to the server; and

a notifying section configured to provide notification of the search information, which is received by the receiving section, at a predetermined timing.