Text data transmission-reception system, shared terminal, and method of processing information

A shared terminal connectable to a plurality of user terminals and an information processing apparatus via a network, the shared terminal comprising circuitry configured to:

• store the shared terminal selected by a user among a plurality of shared terminals;
• receive audio data uttered by a user input from one of the plurality of user terminals and transmitted from the one of the plurality of user terminals;
• perform an analysis process for the audio data,
• determine whether or not the shared terminal has been designated based on a result of the analysis processing;
• and
• control the shared terminal that is designated by the analysis results based on the audio data, upon determining that the shared terminal has been designated.

A method of processing information performable by a plurality of user terminals, a plurality of shared terminals and an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

• store a shared terminal selected by a user among the plurality of shared terminals;
• receiving an input of the audio data uttered by a user input from one of the plurality of user terminals and transmitted from one of the plurality of user terminals;
• performing a voice analysis process for the audio data,
• determining whether or not the selected shared terminal has been designated based on the analysis results of the analysis process;
• and
• requesting, to the information processing apparatus, for controlling the selected shared terminal that is designated by the analysis results based on the audio data, upon determining that the selected shared terminal has been designated.

An information processing apparatus connectable to each of a plurality of user terminals and a plurality of shared terminals, the information processing apparatus including circuitry configured to

• store a shared terminal selected by a user among the plurality of shared terminals;
• receive audio data that is uttered by a user input from one of the plurality of user terminals and transmitted from the one of the plurality of user terminals;
• perform a voice analysis process for the audio data,
• determine whether or not the selected shared terminal has been designated based on the analysis results of the analysis process;
• and
• control the selected shared terminal that is designated by the analysis results based on the audio data, upon determining that the selected shared terminal has been designated.