Patent ID: 9538021
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an image acquisition unit configured to acquire an image that includes a target a user is paying attention to; an access information acquisition unit configured to acquire access information assigned with a time-limited access right to public information that is associated with the target in the image and provided by the target, based on a position information of the target; and a public information acquisition unit configured to acquire the public information from a public information providing server using the access information, wherein the acquired access information allows the access right to the public information for a predetermined time from a time of specifying the target, wherein the user retrieves the public information associated with the target, and a user action received in response to the retrieved public information is transmitted to the public information providing server while an identity of the user or the information processing apparatus remains anonymous and undisclosed to the target by notifying a poster of the public information about the transmitted action after a predetermined condition is satisfied, wherein the predetermined condition comprises separation of the user and the poster of the public information by a predetermined distance after reception of the transmitted action, and wherein the image acquisition unit, the access information acquisition unit, and the public information acquisition unit are each implemented via at least one processor.