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

An information processing method, comprising:

• selecting correspondence information corresponding to a current state of an information processing apparatus out of pieces of correspondence information stored in a storage unit that stores, for each of a plurality of states of the information processing apparatus, the pieces of correspondence information indicating either a correspondence relation between one or more pieces of content identification information respectively identifying one or more contents and time information indicating latest times when the contents are displayed, or a correspondence relation between the one or more pieces of content identification information and frequency information representing display frequencies of the contents;
• determining, as display content information that identifies the content to be displayed, a piece of content identification information out of the one or more pieces of content identification information included in the correspondence information selected at the selecting, based on the time information or the frequency information that corresponds to the one or more pieces of content identification information included in the correspondence information selected at the selecting;
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• performing control to display the content identified by the display content information determined at the determining.

An information processing system comprising:

• a server;
• and
• an information processing apparatus, wherein
• the server includes:
• a first holding unit configured to hold content information in which each of a plurality of pieces of content identification information each identifying any one out of a plurality of contents is associated with at least one or more states of the information processing apparatus, and which indicates that when the information processing apparatus is placed in any of the one or more states, the content identified by the content identification information is to be displayed;
• a second holding unit configured to hold the plurality of contents respectively corresponding to the plurality of pieces of content identification information included in the content information;
• a first transmission unit configured to transmit the content information held by the first holding unit to the information processing apparatus in accordance with a request from the information processing apparatus;
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• a second transmission unit configured to transmit the contents held by the second holding unit to the information processing apparatus in accordance with a request from the information processing apparatus, and
• the information processing apparatus includes:
• a first acquisition unit configured to acquire the content information;
• a second acquisition unit configured to acquire the plurality of contents respectively corresponding to the plurality of pieces of content identification information included in the content information acquired by the first acquisition unit;
• a generation unit configured to produce, for each of the states of the information processing apparatus, correspondence information that indicates either a correspondence relation between the one or more pieces of content identification information and time information indicating latest times when the contents are displayed, or a correspondence relation between the one or more pieces of content identification information and frequency information representing display frequencies of the contents, based on the content information acquired by the first acquisition unit;
• a selection unit configured to select the correspondence information corresponding to a current state of the information processing apparatus out of the pieces of correspondence information produced by the generation unit;
• a determining unit configured to determine, as display content information identifying the content to be displayed out of the one or more pieces of content identification information included in the correspondence information selected by the selection unit, based on the time information or the frequency information that corresponds to the one or more pieces of content identification information included in the correspondence information selected by the selection unit;
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• a display control unit configured to perform control to display the content identified by the display content information determined by the determining unit.