Information process distribution system, information processing apparatus and information process distribution method

An information processing apparatus connected through a communication network to a management server and different information processing apparatus which process information relating to a content, comprising:

• a process type sender section for transmitting a process type necessary to execute a process of information relating to a content;
• an apparatus information receiver section for receiving identification information of one, two or more of said different information processing apparatus suitable for the process type and apparatus information associated with the identification information and including at least resource information of the different information processing apparatus;
• a load information acquisition section for acquiring, based on the identification information of the different information processing apparatus received by said apparatus information receiver section, load information of the different information processing apparatus;
• a request destination determination section for determining a request destination one of the different information processing apparatus to which a request to execute a process is to be issued based on the resource information included in the apparatus information and the load information;
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• an information sender section for issuing a request to execute the process to the request destination information processing apparatus and transmitting information relating to the content of an object of the process to be requested.

An information processing apparatus connected through a communication network to a different information processing apparatus which issues a request to process information relating to a content, comprising:

• a load information sender section for transmitting load information of said information processing apparatus to said different information processing apparatus;
• a process execution section for executing the process of the information relating to the content requested by said different information processing apparatus;
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• a process execution result sender section for transmitting a result of the execution of the process executed by said content process execution section to said different information processing apparatus.

An information processing distribution method for an information processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• transmitting a process type necessary to execute a process of information relating to a content;
• receiving identification information of one, two or more of different information processing apparatus suitable for the process type and apparatus information associated with the identification information and including at least resource information of said different information processing apparatus;
• acquiring, based on the identification information of said different information processing apparatus received by the apparatus information reception step, load information of said different information processing apparatus;
• determining a request destination one of said different information processing apparatus to which a request to execute a process is to be issued based on the resource information included in the apparatus information and the load information;
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• issuing a request to execute the process to the request destination information processing apparatus and transmitting information relating to the content of an object of the process to be requested.

An information processing distribution method for an information processing apparatus, comprising the steps of:

• transmitting load information of said information processing apparatus to a different information processing apparatus connected to said information processing apparatus through a communication network;
• executing a process of information relating to a content requested by said different information processing apparatus;
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• transmitting a result of the execution of the process executed by the content process execution step to said different information processing apparatus.