Patent ID: 8031631
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus for performing communication through a network, comprising: communication means for performing communication with a plurality of different information processing apparatuses which commonly use a predetermined space; characteristic information acquisition means for acquiring, for each of the different information processing apparatuses, position information and direction information in the predetermined space, connection degree information which indicates a first value corresponding to each opposite party of communication, and azimuth information which indicates a second value corresponding to each azimuth, each azimuth representing an angle between the information processing apparatus and the different information processing apparatuses; priority degree calculation means for calculating a connection priority degree for each of the different information processing apparatuses in the communication based on position information and direction information, connection degree information, and azimuth information of said information processing apparatus itself and the position information and direction information, the connection degree information, and the azimuth information of the different information processing apparatuses acquired by said characteristic information acquisition means; data adjustment means for adjusting sound data to be transmitted or received in communication with the different information processing apparatuses based on the connection priority degrees of the different information processing apparatuses calculated by said priority degree calculation means, wherein the different information processing apparatuses are installed inside or in front of different business facilities, and each of the different information processing apparatuses reproduce different sound data corresponding to each of the different business facilities, the predetermined space corresponds to a real space, the azimuth information is prioritized such that a lower azimuth is given a higher connection priority degree, and the connection priority degree for each of the different information processing apparatuses varies according to a change in direction of a front face of the information processing apparatus.