Information processing system using information caching based on user activity

A method of information transfer to a first information processing apparatus from a second information processing apparatus via a network, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first knowledge concerning an activity schedule of a user using the first information processing apparatus and a second knowledge concerning a relationship between a user's activity and an attribute of information;
• predicting a necessary information which will be required by the user in future and a necessary time by which the necessary information will be actually required by the user, according to the first and second knowledge;
• determining at least one of a transfer time and a network to be used among a plurality of available networks for the transfer of the necessary information;
• and
• controlling the transfer of the necessary information from the second information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus via the network according to said at least one of transfer time and network to be used, such that the necessary information will be received by the necessary time at the first information processing apparatus.

A method of information transfer to a first information processing apparatus from a second information processing apparatus via a network, comprising the steps of:

• providing a knowledge concerning an activity schedule of a user using the first information processing apparatus;
• predicting a necessary information which will be required by a user using the first information processing apparatus in future and a necessary time by which the necessary information will be actually required by the user, according to the knowledge concerning an activity schedule of the user;
• determining at least one of a transfer time and a network to be used among a plurality of available networks for the transfer of the necessary information;
• and
• controlling the transfer of the necessary information from the second information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus via the network according to said at least one of transfer time and network to be used, such that the necessary information will be transferred by the necessary time.

A method of information transfer to a first information processing apparatus from a second information processing apparatus via one of a plurality of networks available, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first knowledge concerning an activity schedule of a user using the first information processing apparatus and a second knowledge concerning a relationship between a location of the first information processing apparatus and an available network;
• predicting a future location of the first information processing apparatus according to the first knowledge;
• determining a transfer time and a network to be used for the transfer of information according to the future location and the second knowledge;
• and
• controlling the transfer of information from the second information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus according to the determined transfer time and network to be used.

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a computer to function as a system for controlling an information transfer to a first information processing apparatus from second information processing apparatus via a network, the computer readable program code means including:
• first computer readable program code means for causing the computer to provide a first knowledge concerning an activity schedule of a user using the first information processing apparatus and a second knowledge concerning a relationship between a user's activity and an attribute of information;
• second computer readable program code means for causing the computer to predict a necessary information which will be required by the user in future and a necessary time by which the necessary information will be actually required by the user, according to the first and second knowledge;
• and
• third computer readable program code means for causing the computer to determine at least one of a transfer time and a network to be used among a plurality of available networks for the transfer of the necessary information, and control the transfer of the necessary information from the second information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus via the network according to said at least one of transfer time and network to be used, such that the necessary information will be received by the necessary time at the first information processing apparatus.

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a computer to function as a system for controlling an information transfer to a first information processing apparatus from a second information processing apparatus via a network, the computer readable program means including:
• first computer readable program code means for causing the computer to provide a knowledge concerning an activity schedule of a user using the first information processing apparatus;
• second computer readable program code means for causing the computer to predict a necessary information which will be required by a user using the first information processing apparatus in future and a necessary time by which the necessary information will be actually required by the user, according to the knowledge concerning an activity schedule of the user;
• and
• third computer readable program code means for causing the computer to determine at least one of a transfer time and a network to be used among a plurality of available networks for the transfer of the necessary information, and control the transfer of the necessary information from the second information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus via the network according to said at least one of transfer time and network to be used, such that the necessary information will be transferred by the necessary time.

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing a computer to function as a system for controlling an information transfer to a first information processing apparatus from a second information processing apparatus via one of a plurality of networks, the computer readable program means including:
• first computer readable program code means for causing the computer to provide a first knowledge concerning an activity schedule of a user using the first information processing apparatus and a second knowledge concerning a relationship between a location of the first information processing apparatus and an available network;
• second computer readable program code means for causing the computer to predict a future location of the first information processing apparatus according to the first knowledge;
• third computer readable program code means for causing the computer to determine a transfer time and a network to be used for the transfer of information according to the future location and the second knowledge;
• and
• fourth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to control the transfer of information from the second information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus according to the determined transfer time and network to be used.