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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2010
Nobuyoshi Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuaki Honda, Chiba, JP;
Yasuo Endo, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a search processing section for causing a transmission/reception section to execute processing of transmitting a search request including a search condition to each of one or more information management devices, causing the transmission/reception section to execute processing of receiving, as a response to the search request and from each of the one or more information management devices via a network, content information corresponding to the search condition from among pieces of content information and management subject identification information for identifying the information management device which manages the content information, and correlating the management subject identification information with content identification information and content-related information that are included in the content information received by the transmission/reception section and causing a storage section to store the correlated management subject identification information, content identification information, and content-related information as a search result.