Data processing method, data processing apparatus, and recording medium

A data processing apparatus utilizing computing resources on a network having a limited operating range and mixed connection of at least one first information apparatus having a first computing resource sufficient to allow additional information apparatuses to share said first computing resources and at least one second information apparatus having a second computing resource sufficient to sustain said second information apparatus use, said data processing apparatus comprising:

• first connecting means for connecting information apparatuses to the network having the limited operating range;
• second connecting means for connecting information apparatuses to an external network other than the network;
• computing-resource data acquiring means for acquiring data on the second computing resource owned by the second information apparatus connected to either one of the networks;
• downloading means for downloading data specified by the second information apparatus to be downloaded in advance via the external network;
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• computing-resource offering means for offering part of the first computing resource to the second information apparatus based on the data on the computing resources owned by the second information apparatus acquired via the computing-resource data acquiring means,
• wherein the data processing apparatus delivers the data downloaded via the downloading means to the computing resource offered by the computing-resource offering means;
• and, at a time at which the second information apparatus requests for delivery of the data, the data has already been delivered to the computing resource offered to the second information apparatus.

A data processing method for enabling computing resources to be utilized on a network having a limited operating range and a mixed connection of at least one first information apparatus having a first computing resource sufficient to allow additional information apparatuses to share said first computing resource and at least one second information apparatus having a second computing resource enough sufficient to sustain said second information apparatus use, the data processing method comprising:

• a first connecting step for connecting corresponding information apparatuses to the network having limited operating range;
• a second connecting step for connecting information apparatuses to an external network other than the network;
• a computing-resource data acquiring step for acquiring data on the second computing resource owned by the second information apparatus connected to either the network or the external network;
• a downloading step for downloading data specified by the second information apparatus to be downloaded in advance via the external network;
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• a computing-resource offering step for offering part of the first computing resource to the second information apparatus based on the data related to the second computing resource of the second information apparatus acquired via the computing-resource data acquiring step,
• wherein the data processing method delivers the data downloaded in the downloading step to the computing resource offered via the computing-resource offering step, and, at a time at which the second information apparatus requests for delivery of the data, the data has already been delivered to the computing resources offered to the second information apparatus.

A data processing program for enabling a computer unit to execute a data processing method for enabling computing resources to be utilized on a network having a limited operating range and a mixed connection of at least one first information apparatus having a first computing resource sufficient to allow additional information apparatuses to share said first computing resource and at least one second information apparatus having a second computing resource sufficient to sustain said second information apparatus use, the data processing program comprising:

• a first connecting step for connecting corresponding information apparatuses to the network having limited operating range;
• a second connecting step for connecting corresponding information apparatuses to an external network other than the network;
• a computing-resource data acquiring step for acquiring data on the second computing resource owned by the second information apparatus connected to either the network or the external network;
• a downloading step for downloading data specified by the second information apparatus to be downloaded in advance via the external network;
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• a computing-resource offering step for offering part of the first computing resource to the second information apparatus based on the data related to the second computing resource of the second information apparatus acquired via the computing-resource data acquiring step,
• wherein the data processing method delivers the data downloaded in the downloading step to the computing resource offered via the computing-resource offering step, and, at a time at which the second information apparatus requests for delivery of the data, the data has already been delivered to the computing resources offered to the second information apparatus.

A recording medium which is recorded with a data processing program for enabling a computer unit to execute a data processing method for utilizing computing resources on a network having a limited operating range and a mixed connection of at least one first information apparatus having a first computing resource sufficient to allow additional information apparatuses to share said first computing resource and at least one second information apparatus having a second computing resource sufficient to sustain said second information apparatus use, the data processing program comprising:

• a first connecting step for connecting corresponding information apparatuses to the network having the limited operating range;
• a second connecting step for connecting information apparatuses to an external network other than the network;
• a computing-resource data acquiring step for acquiring data on the second computing resources owned by the second information apparatus connected to either the network or the external network;
• a downloading step for downloading data specified by the second information apparatus to be downloaded in advance via the external network;
• and
• a computing-resource offering step for offering part of the first computing resource to the second information apparatus based on the data related to the computing resource of the second information apparatus acquired via the computing-resource data acquiring step,
• wherein the data processing method delivers the data downloaded via the downloading step to the computing resource offered via the computing-resource offering step, and, at a time at which the second information apparatus requests for delivery of the data, the data has already been delivered to the computing resources offered to the second information apparatus.

A data processing apparatus capable of effectively utilizing computing resources on a network having a limited operating range and mixed connection of at least one first information apparatus having a first computing resource sufficient to allow additional information apparatuses to share said first computing resource and at least one second information apparatus having a second computing resource sufficient to sustain said second information apparatus use, the data processing apparatus comprising:

• first connecting means for connecting information apparatuses to the network having the limited operating range;
• second connecting means for connecting information apparatuses to an external network other than the network;
• data acquiring means for acquiring data on the second information apparatuses connected to either the network or the external network;
• downloading means for downloading data via the external network based on a request from the second information apparatus connected to either the network or the external network;
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• computing-resource offering means for offering part of the first computing resource to the second information apparatus connected to either the network or the external network, wherein, based on the data acquired via the data acquiring means, the data processing apparatus initially identifies whether the second information apparatus requesting for downloading the data is compatible with the data, and when the second information apparatus is incompatible with the data, based on the data on the second information apparatuses acquired via the data acquiring means, the data processing apparatus prepares a list of second information apparatuses compatible with the data, and said data processing apparatus delivers the data downloaded via the downloading means to the computing resource offered to the second information apparatus selected from the prepared list of second information apparatuses.

A data processing method for utilizing computing resources on a network having a limited operating range and a mixed connection of at least one first information apparatus having a first computing resource sufficient to allow additional information apparatuses to share said first computing resources and at least one second information apparatus having a second computing resource sufficient to sustain said second information apparatus use, the data processing method comprising:

• a first connecting step for connecting corresponding information apparatuses to the network having the limited operating range;
• a second connecting step for connecting information apparatuses to an external network other than the network;
• a data acquiring step for acquiring data on the second information apparatuses connected to either the network or the external network;
• a downloading step for downloading data via the external network based on a request from the second information apparatus connected to either the network or the external network;
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• a computing-resource offering step for offering part of the first computing resource to the second information apparatus connected to either the network or the external network, wherein, based on the data acquired via the data acquiring step, the data processing method initially identifies whether the second information apparatus requesting for downloading the data is compatible with the data, and when the second information apparatus is incompatible with the data, based on the data on the second information apparatuses acquired via the data acquiring step, the data processing method prepares a list of second information apparatuses compatible with the data, and delivers the data downloaded via the downloading step to the computing resource offered to the second information apparatus selected from the prepared list of second information apparatuses.

A data processing program for enabling a computer unit to execute a data processing method for utilizing computing resources on a network having a limited operating range and a mixed connection of at least one first information apparatus having a first computing resource sufficient to allow additional information apparatuses to share said first computing resources and at least one second information apparatus having a second computing resource sufficient to sustain said second information apparatus use, the data processing program comprising:

• a first connecting step for connecting information apparatuses to the network having the limited operating range;
• a second connecting step for connecting information apparatuses to an external network other than the network;
• a data acquiring step for acquiring data on the second information apparatuses connected to either the network or the external network;
• a downloading step for downloading data via the external network based on a request from the second information apparatus connected to either the network or the external network;
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• a computing-resource offering step for offering part of the first computing resource to the second information apparatus connected to either the network or the external network, wherein, based on the data acquired via the data acquiring step, the data processing method initially identifies whether the second information apparatus requesting for downloading the data is compatible with the data and when the second information apparatus is incompatible with the data, based on the data on the second information apparatuses acquired via the data acquiring step, the data processing method prepares a list of second information apparatuses compatible with the data, and delivers the data downloaded via the downloading step to the computing resource offered to the second information apparatus selected from the prepared list of the second information apparatuses.

A recording medium having recorded therein a data processing program for enabling a computer unit to execute a data processing method for utilizing computing resources on a network having a limited operating range and a mixed connection of at least one first information apparatus having a first computing resource sufficient to allow additional information apparatuses to share said first computing resource and at least one second information apparatus having a second computing resource sufficient to sustain said second information apparatus use, the data processing program recorded in the recording medium comprising:

• a first connecting step for connecting corresponding information apparatuses to the network having the limited operating range;
• a second connecting step for connecting information apparatuses to an external network other than the network;
• a data acquiring step for acquiring data on the second information apparatuses connected to either the network or the external network;
• a downloading step for downloading data via the external network based on a request from the second information apparatus connected to either the network or the external network;
• and
• a computing-resource offering step for offering part of the first computing resource to the second information apparatus connected to either the network or the external network,
• wherein, based on the data acquired via the data acquiring step, the data processing method initially identifies whether the second information apparatus requesting for downloading the data is compatible with the data and when the second information apparatus is incompatible with the data, based on the data on the second information apparatuses acquired via the data acquiring step, the data processing method prepares a list of the second information apparatuses compatible with the data, and delivers the data downloaded via the downloading step to the computing resource offered to the second information apparatus selected from the prepared list of the second information apparatuses.