Patent ID: 11936718
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing method executed by an information processing device that has at least an output modal, the information processing method comprising:
acquiring apparatus information regarding availability of output modals for each of a plurality of electronic apparatuses connected to the information processing device via a network;
acquiring user information regarding a user that indicates a desired output modal of the user, the desired output modal being registered in advance by the user;
determining whether the output modal of the information processing device corresponds to the desired output modal on the basis of the acquired user information;
selecting, under a condition where it is determined that the output modal of the information processing device does not correspond to the desired output modal, an electronic apparatus having an output modal corresponding to the desired output modal from among the plurality of electronic apparatuses on the basis of the acquired apparatus information and the acquired user information; and
outputting information for the user from the output modal of the information processing device or the output modal of the selected electronic apparatus on the basis of the determination, wherein
the user information further indicates a second-candidate desired output modal of the user, the second-candidate desired output modal being different from the desired output modal, and
the information processing method further comprises:
selecting an electronic apparatus having an output modal corresponding to the second-candidate desired output modal in a case where an electronic apparatus having an output modal corresponding to the desired output modal cannot be selected.