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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Shimakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
[Object] To reduce the trouble of the authentication process necessary for cooperation between a plurality of devices or network services. [Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage unit, and a controller. The communication unit communicates with a first device, a second device, and a service on a network, the service having a resource on a user of the first device. The controller controls the communication unit so that the communication unit transmits, based on a request for obtaining an access right to the resource from the first device and permission information representing permission by the user with respect to the obtaining of the access right, a request for issuing an access token to the service, the access token representing the access right, and receives, from the service, the access token issued by the service. Moreover, the controller controls the storage unit so that the storage unit stores the received access token safely, and the communication unit so that the communication unit accesses the resource using the stored access token in response to a request from the second device associated with the user.