Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information processing system and method, information management apparatus and method, information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program product
- Patent Title (中): 信息处理系统和方法,信息管理装置和方法,信息处理装置和方法,记录介质和程序产品
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Application No.: US11143653Application Date: 2005-06-03
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Publication No.: US08345544B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Takao Morita , Hiroyuki Suzuki , Takanobu Ujisato
- Applicant: Takao Morita , Hiroyuki Suzuki , Takanobu Ujisato
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
- Priority: JP2004-165994 20040603
- Main IPC: H04L1/00
- IPC: H04L1/00

Abstract:
An information management apparatus for managing mutual exchange of information performed by a plurality of information processing apparatuses via a network, including a receiving means for receiving a request for registration from the information processing apparatus connected to the network, as a representative apparatus; a determination means for determining presence or absence of the registration of the representative apparatus; a registration means for registering the information processing apparatus for which the request for the registration has been received, as the representative apparatus, when it is determined that the representative apparatus is not registered; and a rejecting means for rejecting the registration of the information processing apparatus for which the request for the registration has been received, as the representative apparatus, when it is determined that the representative apparatus is registered.
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