Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsAkihiro WATANABE, Motoki TSUNOKAWA
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Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus to allow a user to use a device network by a natural and simple operation by automatically selecting a device for providing a response to a request, the information processing apparatus including: a request acquiring part configured to acquire a request to a system; a response determining part configured to determine a response to the request; a device selecting part configured to select, on the basis of at least an attribute of the response, a device that provides the response among devices included in the system; and a device controller configured to perform control that causes the selected device to provide the response.
Claims12
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a request acquiring part configured to acquire a request to a system;
- a response determining part configured to determine a response to the request;
- a device selecting part configured to select, on the basis of at least an attribute of the response, a device that provides the response among devices included in the system;
- and
- a device controller configured to perform control that causes the selected device to provide the response.
An information processing method comprising:
- acquiring a request to a system;
- determining a response to the request;
- selecting, on the basis of at least an attribute of the response, a device that provides the response among devices included in the system;
- and
- performing control that causes the selected device to provide the response.
A program for causing a computer to achieve:
- a function of acquiring a request to a system;
- a function of determining a response to the request;
- a function of selecting, on the basis of at least an attribute of the response, a device that provides the response among devices included in the system;
- and
- a function of performing control that causes the selected device to provide the response.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.