Patent ID: 11930149
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. An information processing method in an information processing apparatus obtaining address book information from a terminal device, the method comprising:
transmitting an acquisition request for the address book information to the terminal device;
retransmitting the acquisition request when the address book information is not obtainable in response to the acquisition request and a given time period does not elapse since the transmission of the acquisition request is initiated;
displaying, on a display, information prompting a user to perform, on the terminal device, an operation that permits to share the address book information during a period of time after the transmission of the acquisition request is initiated and until the given time period elapses; and
displaying, on the display, information indicating that a number of addresses held in the terminal device is zero when the address book information containing one or more addresses is not obtainable even after the given time period elapses.