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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015

Filed:

May. 26, 2011
Applicants:

Norifumi Kikkawa, Tokyo, JP;

Kei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshihiko Ikenaga, Tokyo, JP;

Yuichi Izumi, Tokyo, JP;

Shinji Takae, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Norifumi Kikkawa, Tokyo, JP;

Kei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshihiko Ikenaga, Tokyo, JP;

Yuichi Izumi, Tokyo, JP;

Shinji Takae, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2809 (2013.01); H04L 12/281 (2013.01); H04L 12/2812 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method provide logic for formatting electronic content. In one implementation, an apparatus includes an identification unit configured to identify a plurality of devices associated via a network, and a receiving unit configured to receive information corresponding to the associated devices. The information includes a function provided by the associated devices and performance data corresponding to the associated devices. A generation unit is configured to generate a first value of an execution metric describing at least one of an execution of the function by the associated devices or the performance data corresponding to the associated devices, based on at least the received information, and an output unit is configured to output the first metric value.


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