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AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsJunichi Rekimoto, Yuji Ayatsuka, Nobuyuki Matsushita, Eduardo A. Sciammarella, Haruo Oba
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The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone (11) is placed on an input display section (2) of a personal computer (1), a reader/writer built in the personal computer (1) reads a telephone number of the portable telephone (11) stored in an RF tag built in the portable telephone (11). Based on the telephone number, a telephone line is connected between the portable telephone (11) and the personal computer (1). Data is interchanged between the portable telephone (11) and the personal computer (1) via the telephone line.
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A first information processing apparatus comprising:
An information processing method being executed by a first information processing apparatus placed in close proximity to a second information processing apparatus, the information processing method comprising:
A recording medium which records a computer-readable program for causing a first information processing apparatus to perform an information processing method when a second information processing apparatus is placed in close proximity to the first information processing apparatus, the method comprising steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.