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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
May. 05, 2009
Takashi Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus is provided and operates as a managing server that distributes incentive using transfer device information with respect to content. A communication unit receives inter-device transfer information with respect to output content from an information providing device, the information being in the form of device identifiers for at least the information providing device and one or more user devices that executed content transfers. A controller then executes processing to designate the incentive recipients as being the device managers associated with the acquired device identifiers. In so doing, incentive can be distributed to the managers or users of user devices that relay content between an information providing device and a product purchaser.