# US 2013/0159884 A1 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0159884 A1 - Document ID: US20130159884A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/614,345 - Filed: 2012-09-13 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-20 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Masaaki Isozu; Kazuhiro Watanabe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130159884A1 ## CPC - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04W 4/06: Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus may include at least one communication interface configured to receive notification of one or more other apparatuses in proximity to the apparatus; and at least one processor configured to, in response to the notification and based at least in part on a calculated sharing recommendation degree, cause at least one display to display a prompt to share content with at least one of the other apparatuses. An information processing method may include determining that one or more other apparatuses are in proximity to a first apparatus; calculating a sharing recommendation degree; and in response to determining that the one or more other apparatuses are in proximity to the first apparatus, and based at least in part on the calculated sharing recommendation degree, displaying on a display of the first apparatus a prompt to share content with at least one of the other apparatuses. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Apparatus comprising: at least one communication interface configured to receive notification of one or more other apparatuses in proximity to the apparatus; and at least one processor configured to, in response to the notification of the one or more other apparatuses in proximity to the apparatus, and based at least in part on a calculated sharing recommendation degree, cause at least one display to display a prompt to share content with at least one of the one or more other apparatuses. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content comprises one or more photographs. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, in response to a user inputting an affirmative response to the prompt, cause the at least one communication interface to share content with the at least one of the one or more other apparatuses. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the prompt comprises a selectable graphical object, and wherein the user inputting an affirmative response to the prompt comprises the user selecting the selectable graphical object. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the at least one communication interface to share the content in response to a determination that the at least one of the one or more other apparatuses is in sharing mode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is configured to limit a number of content files shared with the at least one of the one or more other apparatuses. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is configured to, in response to the user inputting the affirmative response, cause the at least one communication interface to transmit, for access by the at least one of the one or more other apparatuses, content created by the user after inputting the affirmative response, and not content created by the user before inputting the affirmative response. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the at least one processor is configured to, in response to the user inputting the affirmative response, cause the at least one communication interface to receive content transmitted by the at least one of the one or more other apparatuses, and cause the at least one display to display the received content concurrently with content created by the user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to cause the at least one display to display the received content superimposed on the content created by the user. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is configured to specify a position on the at least one display at which to display the received content based at least in part on a location at which the received content was created. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor is configured to specify a size with which to display the received content based at least in part on a distance between a current position of the apparatus and a location at which the received content was created. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calculated sharing recommendation degree is based at least in part on a number of the one or more other apparatuses in proximity to the apparatus. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the calculated sharing recommendation degree is based at least in part on a number of shareable content files available from the one or more other apparatuses. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the prompt comprises an indication of the calculated sharing recommendation degree. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the prompt comprises an indication of a number of the one or more other apparatuses in proximity to the apparatus and/or an indication of a number of shareable content files available from the one or more other apparatuses. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to specify a size of the prompt based at least in part on the calculated sharing recommendation degree. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is configured to specify a position on the at least one display at which to display the prompt based at least in part on the calculated sharing recommendation degree. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the at least one processor is configured to specify the position based at least in part on an estimated position of a finger of a user of the apparatus. ### Claim 19 A method comprising: determining that one or more other apparatuses are in proximity to a first apparatus; calculating a sharing recommendation degree; and in response to determining that the one or more other apparatuses are in proximity to the first apparatus, and based at least in part on the calculated sharing recommendation degree, displaying on a display of the first apparatus a prompt to share content with at least one of the one or more other apparatuses. ### Claim 20 At least one computer-readable storage medium encoded with computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method comprising: determining that one or more other apparatuses are in proximity to a first apparatus; calculating a sharing recommendation degree; and in response to determining that the one or more other apparatuses are in proximity to the first apparatus, and based at least in part on the calculated sharing recommendation degree, displaying on a display of the first apparatus a prompt to share content with at least one of the one or more other apparatuses.