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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2018
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazufumi Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Tani, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus capable of accurately specifying identification information whose users are the same user regardless of information registered by users is provided. The information processing apparatus may include at least one memory storing instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: acquire positional information associated with at least one piece of related identification information related to each of a plurality of pieces of identification information for identifying users in a communication service; specify hierarchized positional information indicating positional information hierarchized in accordance with a granularity level of a position based on the positional information; calculate a similarity between pieces of identification information using the hierarchized positional information; and specify the pieces of identification information belonging to the same user from among the plurality of pieces of identification information based on the calculated similarity.