Information processing system, information processing device, and information processing method

An information processing system comprising:

• an information processing apparatus to request proxy computing, which is operated by a user and makes another information processing apparatus connected thereto via a network execute proxy computing for the user, and receives a result of the proxy computing from the another information processing apparatus to utilize it;
• a software providing information processing apparatus that provides software held by itself to another information processing apparatus via a network;
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• an information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing that executes proxy computing for the user by providing its computing resource, and transmits a result of the proxy computing to the information processing apparatus to request proxy computing, wherein the information processing apparatus to request proxy computing comprises a request signal transmitter that not only transmits a signal for requesting provision of software necessary for the proxy computing, to the software providing information processing apparatus, but also transmits a signal for requesting execution of proxy computing to the information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing;
• and wherein the software providing information processing apparatus comprises a software transmitter that transmits the necessary software to the information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing, in accordance with the signal for requesting provision of the software, and wherein the information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing comprises an information processor that reads the necessary software transmitted by the software providing information processing apparatus, into its memory and activates the software to execute the proxy computing requested, in accordance with the signal for requesting execution of proxy computing.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a communication unit that receives a permission from a user for executing proxy computing for a person who operates another information processing apparatus connected thereto via a network, by providing its computing resource to the another information processing apparatus, and transmits a signal for requesting registration that the proxy computing can be executed, to a server;
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• an information processor that executes proxy computing, in accordance with a signal for requesting execution of the proxy computing, which is transmitted by the another information processing apparatus after the registration, wherein
• the communication unit acquires the information directed to another information processing apparatus capable of executing proxy computing registered in the server, when the information processing apparatus is in a situation where the proxy computing cannot be executed continuously while being executing in the information processor, and transmits the intermediate data of the proxy computing to the another information processing apparatus;
• and the information processor halts the proxy computing, when receiving a switching permission signal indicating that the another information processing apparatus becomes capable of continuing to execute the proxy computing, as a result of transmitting the intermediate data by the communication unit.

An information processing method in which an information processing apparatus operated by a user makes another information processing apparatus connected thereto via a network execute proxy computing for the user, and receives a result of the proxy computing from the another information processing apparatus to utilize it, the method comprising:

• acquiring the address of a first information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing, selected from a list of information processing apparatuses capable of executing proxy computing, stored in a server connected to the network;
• transmitting a signal for requesting the first information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing, to execute proxy computing, based on the acquired address;
• receiving a result of the proxy computing from the first information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing;
• acquiring the address of a second information processing apparatus to be required proxy computing, selected from the list of information processing apparatuses capable of executing proxy computing, when receiving a signal for requesting a halt to execution of the proxy computing from the first information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing;
• transmitting a signal for requesting the second information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing, to execute the proxy computing based on the acquired address;
• receiving a signal indicating that the second information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing is ready to continue to execute the proxy computing;
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• switching sources of a result of the proxy computing from the first information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing, to the second information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing.

An information processing method in which an information processing apparatus operated by a user makes another information processing apparatus connected thereto via a network execute proxy computing for the user, and receives a result of the proxy computing from the another information processing apparatus to utilize it, the method comprising:

• acquiring the addresses of a plurality of information processing apparatuses to be requested to execute proxy computing, selected from a list of information processing apparatuses capable of executing proxy computing, stored in a server connected to the network;
• transmitting a signal for requesting execution of proxy computing to the plurality of information processing apparatuses to be requested to execute proxy computing, based on the acquired addresses;
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• switching sources of a result of proxy computing among the plurality of the information processing apparatuses to be requested to execute proxy computing, in accordance with an input by the user.

A computer program product comprising:

• a module that receives a permission from a user for executing proxy computing for a person who operates another information processing apparatus connected thereto via a network, by providing its computing resource to the another information processing apparatus, and transmits a signal for requesting registration that the proxy computing can be executed to a server;
• a module that executes proxy computing, in accordance with a signal for requesting execution of the proxy computing, which is transmitted by the another information processing apparatus after the registration;
• a module that acquires the information directed to another information processing apparatus capable of executing proxy computing registered in the server, when being in a situation where the proxy computing cannot be executed continuously while executing the proxy computing, and transmits the intermediate data of the proxy computing to the another information processing apparatus;
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• a module that halts the proxy computing, when receiving a switching permission signal indicating that the another information processing apparatus becomes capable of continuing to execute the proxy computing, as a result of transmitting the intermediate data.

A computer program product that makes a computer operated by a user realize a function to make another information processing apparatus connected thereto via a network execute proxy computing for the user, and receive a result of the proxy computing from the another information processing apparatus to utilize it, the computer program product comprising:

• a module that acquires the address of a first information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing, selected from a list of information processing apparatuses capable of executing proxy computing, stored in a server connected to the network;
• a module that transmits a signal for requesting the first information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing, to execute proxy computing, based on the acquired address;
• a module that receives a result of the proxy computing from the first information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing;
• a module that acquires the address of a second information processing apparatus to be required to execute proxy computing, selected from the list of information processing apparatuses capable of executing proxy computing, when receiving a signal for requesting a halt to execution of the proxy computing from the first information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing;
• a module that transmits a signal for requesting the second information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing, to execute the proxy computing based on the acquired address;
• a module that receives a signal indicating that the second information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing, is ready to continue to execute the proxy computing;
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• a module that switches sources of a result of the proxy computing from the first information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing, to the second information processing apparatus to be requested to execute proxy computing.