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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0813 (2013.01); H04L 12/2814 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition control unit configured to acquire information on function extension from an external object, the information on the function extension including attribute information indicating a function of a device and connection information relating to a connection to the device, and a function control unit configured to extend a function of the information processing apparatus based on the acquired attribute information, connect to a device corresponding to the extended function based on the acquired connection information, and enable the extended function.