SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20120036047A1
• Filed: 10/17/2011
• Published: 02/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Nakano, Hiroaki, Karasawa, Hidenori, Ikeda, Takuo, Kanno, Ryuta, Sueyoshi, Takahiko, Murata, Makoto, Goto, Hiroshi, Amemiya, Ryoji, FUKUDA, Junko, TaMAI, Hiroki
• Application Number:
  US13/275,104
• Publication Number:
  US 20120036047A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/27.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

The present invention relates to a service providing system, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program. An information processing apparatus (base unit) 2 receives user information detected by sensors provided in an information processing apparatus (remote unit) 3 from the information processing apparatus (remote unit) 3, acquires article information of articles sold in a shop from a shop-information portal site server 5, selects an article to be recommended to a user based on the acquired user information and article information, and transmits the article information of the selected article to the information processing apparatus (remote unit) 3. The information processing apparatus (remote unit) 3 displays the received article information in, for example, a display to recommend the article. The present invention can be applied to an electronic apparatus connected to a network.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus which a user carries along with another first information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a GPS sensor included in the first information processing apparatus;

first communication means for receiving user information including present location information, which is information concerning the user, from the first information processing apparatus;

second communication means for receiving accumulated information accumulated in another second information processing apparatus from the second information processing apparatus; and

selecting means for selecting, based on the user information, presentation information, which is information to be presented to the user, from the accumulated information, wherein,

the first communication means transmits the presentation information selected by the selecting means to the first information processing apparatus,

the information processing apparatus receives a part of the accumulated information processing apparatus based on the location information,

the accumulated information includes information of articles sold in a shop,

the selecting means selects, based on the user information from the first information processing apparatus, information from the part of the accumulated information, and

the first communication means transmits the selected information to the first information processing apparatus.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the user information includes information concerning the longitude and latitude of a location of the user.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the user information includes audio information spoken by the user, acquired by the first information processing apparatus, and

wherein the information processing apparatus further comprises:

analyzing means for analyzing the audio information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the selecting means selects the presentation information to be presented to the user from the accumulated information based on the analysis result in the analyzing means.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining means for determining whether the user is present in the shop,

wherein the selecting means selects the article expected to be desired by the user from the articles sold in the shop in which the user is present, determined by the determining means.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first communication means performs communication with the other first information processing apparatus, the communication complying with bluetooth protocol.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

storage means for storing the user information received by the first communication means and the accumulated information received by the second communication means.

8. An information processing method used in an information processing apparatus which a user carries along with another first information processing apparatus including a GPS sensor, the information processing method comprising:

receiving, at the information processing apparatus, user information including present location information, which is information concerning the user, from the first information processing apparatus;

receiving, at the information processing apparatus, accumulated information accumulated in another second information processing apparatus from the second information processing apparatus, a part of the accumulated information received from the second information processing apparatus based on the location information;

selecting, based on the user information, presentation information, which is information to be presented to the user, from the part of the accumulated information based on the user information from the first information processing apparatus; and

transmitting, from the information processing apparatus, the presentation information selected in the selecting the presentation information to the first information processing apparatus, wherein,

the receiving accumulated information includes receiving information of articles sold in a shop, and

the selecting presentation information includes selecting, based on the user information, article information associated with an article expected to be desired by the user from the information of articles sold in the shop, the article information of the selected article being transmitted to the first information processing apparatus.

9. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having embedded therein instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving, at the information processing apparatus, user information including present location information, which is information concerning the user, from the first information processing apparatus;

receiving, at the information processing apparatus, accumulated information accumulated in another second information processing apparatus from the second information processing apparatus, a part of the accumulated information received from the second information processing apparatus based on the location information;

selecting, based on the user information, presentation information, which is information to be presented to the user, from the part of the accumulated information based on the user information from the first information processing apparatus; and

transmitting, from the information processing apparatus, the presentation information selected in the selecting the presentation information to the first information processing apparatus, wherein,

the receiving accumulated information includes receiving information of articles sold in a shop, and

the selecting presentation information includes selecting, based on the user information,

the selecting presentation information includes selecting, based on the user information, article information associated with an article expected to be desired by the user from the information of articles sold in the shop, the article information of the selected article being transmitted to the first information processing apparatus.