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Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2013
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshihisa Tsuchida, Kanagawa, JP;

Nobutatsu Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;

Seiya Amatatsu, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0623 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a database configured to store position data indicating a current position of at least one search target person, the position data being received from a communication apparatus of the at least one search target person, an information providing unit configured to provide the position data of the at least one search target person to a terminal apparatus of a searcher in response to an information request from the terminal apparatus of the searcher, and a communication mediation unit configured to receive, from the terminal apparatus, a communication request for requesting communication with a search target person who is selected by the searcher based on the provided position data, and to transmit a communication message to a communication apparatus of the selected search target person.


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