# US 2013/0254331 A1 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0254331 A1 - Document ID: US20130254331A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/788,499 - Filed: 2013-03-07 - Published: 2013-09-26 - Earliest claimed: 2012-03-21 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Masanobu Yamashita; Ko Shikita; Ko Kobayashi; Fumiaki Suzuki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130254331A1 ## CPC - G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling - G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management - G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services - G06Q 30/02: Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus includes a storage block and a transmission control block. The storage block stores identification information about a device in association with information about a post destination. The transmission control block transmits content which has been sent from the device and which is provided with the identification information to the post destination associated with the identification information. In addition, an information processing method and a program for causing a computer to function as an apparatus include storing identification information about a device in association with information about a post destination, and transmitting content which has been sent from the device and which is provided with the identification information to the post destination associated with the identification information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising: a storage block configured to store identification information about a device in association with information about a post destination; and a transmission control block configured to transmit content which has been sent from said device and which is provided with said identification information to said post destination associated with said identification information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said storage block stores said identification information transmitted from either said device or another device used by a user in association with the information about said post destination. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a detection block configured to detect said identification information from said content; and a query block configured to query whether said identification information detected by said detection block is stored in said storage block so as to acquire from said storage block the information about said post destination associated with said identification information; wherein said transmission control block transmits said content to said post destination based on the information about said post destination acquired by said query block. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said transmission control block transmits authentication information about said post destination sent from said device to said post destination, and said storage block stores said authentication information if said post destination is successfully authenticated. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said identification information is the serial number of said device. ### Claim 6 An information processing method comprising: storing identification information about a device in association with information about a post destination; and transmitting content which has been sent from said device and which is provided with said identification information to said post destination associated with said identification information. ### Claim 7 A program for causing a computer to function as an apparatus comprising: a storage block configured to store identification information about a device in association with information about a post destination; and a transmission control block configured to transmit content which has been sent from said device and which is provided with said identification information to said post destination associated with said identification information. ### Claim 8 An information processing apparatus comprising: a transmission control block configured to transmit identification information about said information processing apparatus and information about a post destination to which content is to be transmitted; an acquisition block configured to acquire the content; and an identification information provision block configured to provide said content acquired by said acquisition block with said identification information; wherein said transmission control block transmits said content provided with said identification information by said identification information provision block to a server in which said information processing apparatus is registered. ### Claim 9 An information processing method comprising: transmitting identification information about an apparatus and information about a post destination to which content is to be transmitted; acquiring the content; and providing the acquired content with said identification information; wherein said content provided with said identification information is transmitted to a server in which said apparatus is registered. ### Claim 10 A program for causing a computer to function as an apparatus comprising: a transmission control block configured to transmit identification information about said apparatus and information about a post destination to which content is to be transmitted; an acquisition block configured to acquire the content; and an identification information provision block configured to provide said content acquired by said acquisition block with said identification information; wherein said transmission control block transmits said content provided with said identification information by said identification information provision block to a server in which said apparatus is registered. ### Claim 11 An information processing system comprising: a user terminal; and a server; said user terminal including a transmission control block configured to transmit identification information about said user terminal and information about a post destination to which content is to be transmitted, an acquisition block configured to acquire the content, and an identification information provision block configured to provide said content acquired by said acquisition block with said identification information; said transmission control block transmitting said content provided with said identification information by said identification information provision block to a server in which said user terminal is registered, and said server including a storage block configured to store said identification information in association with the information about said post destination, and a transmission control block configured to transmit said content which has been sent from said user terminal and which is provided with said identification information to said post destination associated with said identification information.