Social networking service collaboration

A collaboration method performed by a collaboration apparatus communicably connected with a first device and a second device comprising a camera, the first device being configured to recognize a user and acquires sensing data related to the user, the collaboration method comprising:

• executing determination in advance of a main virtual character for a group in a Social Networking Service (SNS) provided by a SNS system, and transmission to the SNS system of a first content based on the sensing data, as speech, by the main virtual character and on behalf of a first virtual character representing the first device and registered as a member of the group;
• holding user management data in which identification information of the user of the first device is associated with the group;
• and
• registering, when the second device recognizes the user, a second virtual character representing the second device with the group associated with the identification information of the user, wherein
• the second device obtains information on the user when the second device recognizes the user,
• the method further comprises executing transmission to the SNS system of a second content based on the information on the user, by the main virtual character and on behalf of the second virtual character,
• the first device performs an action based on the second content,
• the second device is configured to:
• hold face authentication management data in which of a registered face of the user is associated with the identification information of the user;
• identify the identification information of the user by collating a face captured by the camera with the registered face, and
• the collaboration method comprises identifying the group associated with the identified identification information as the group which the second virtual character is to be registered with.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to perform a collaboration method, the computer being communicably connected with a first device and a second device comprising a camera, the first device being configured to recognize a user and acquires sensing data related to the user, the collaboration method comprising:

• determining in advance a main virtual character for a group in a Social Networking Service (SNS) provided by a SNS system, and executing transmission to the SNS system of a first content based on the sensing data, as speech, by the main virtual character and on behalf of a first virtual character representing the first device and registered as a member of the group;
• holding user management data in which identification information of the user of the first device is associated with the group;
• and
• registering, when the second device recognizes the user, a second virtual character representing the second device with the group associated with the identification information of the user, wherein
• the second device obtains information on the user when the second device recognizes the user,
• the collaboration method further comprises executing transmission to the SNS system of a second content based on the information on the user, by the main virtual character and on behalf of the second virtual character,
• the first device performs an action based on the second content,
• the second device is configured to:
• hold face authentication management data in which of a registered face of the user is associated with the identification information of the user;
• identify the identification information of the user by collating a face captured by the camera with the registered face, and
• the collaboration method comprises identifying the group associated with the identified identification information as the group which the second virtual character is to be registered with.