Patent ID: 6636249
Filing Date: 2003-10-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An information processing apparatus for communicating with a second information processing apparatus, comprising:a specific information input unit for taking in specific information to specify a situation in the real world; an attachment information input unit for taking in attachment information to be attached to the situation in the real world specified by the specific information; a transmitting unit for transmitting the attachment information and the specific information to the second information processing apparatus; a receiving unit for receiving further attachment information transmitted from the second information processing apparatus that corresponds to the specific information transmitted by the transmitting unit; and a presenting unit for presenting, as information related to the specified situation in the real world, the further attachment information received by the receiving unit, wherein both the attachment information and the further attachment information include information relating to the specified situation in the real world and are stored in the second information processing apparatus in association with the specific information, thereby enabling a search of all attachment information that is stored in the second information processing apparatus and associated with the specific information transmitted by the transmitting unit.