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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2022
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Takano, Tokyo, JP;
Hirofumi Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Fumio Teraoka, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus operates as an IoTSP(corresponding to an example of 'first IoTSP') that provides a service for causing a user to acquire sensor data. The information processing apparatus includes a communication unit that executes communication with another IoTSP (corresponding to an example of “second IoTSP other than the first IoTSP”) and a control unit that searches the sensor data corresponding to an acquisition request of the user via an application and responds to the user with the searched sensor data. The control unit searches the sensor data from the other IoTSP via the communication unit based on an identifier of the other IoTSP included in the acquisition request and policy information indicating propriety of information sharing between the IoTSPs and uses a protocol interface including the same procedure as a procedure between the application and IoTSPwhen searching the sensor data.