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US 12,321,956 · App. 17/220,404 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Information providing method

Inventors: Masaki Yamauchi (San Jose, CA); Nanami Fujiwara (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
G06Q30/0201H04L67/12H04L67/535H04Q9/00
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Patent No.
US 12,321,956
App. No.
17/220,404
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information providing method includes: generating first information indicating that a user is interested in the type of content corresponding to first content information output by an information device in the past and second content information currently being output by the information device when the type of content of the first and second content information is the same; obtaining, from a second information processing apparatus connected to the first information processing apparatus, information indicating first request content over a network; and when content of the first information is included in the first request content, outputting, to the second information processing apparatus, second information including information for identifying the user or the home, using the generated first information.

Claims (8)

1. An information providing method that uses a first information processing apparatus which includes a processor and memory,

wherein an information device and a sensor are disposed in a home, and

the processor:

obtains, from the memory, first content information output by the information device in the past;

obtains, via the sensor, second content information currently being output by the information device;

when (i) a type of content of the first content information and a type of content of the second content information are a same type of content, generates first information indicating that a user is interested in the type of content corresponding to the first content information and the second content information;

obtains, from a second information processing apparatus connected to the first information processing apparatus, information indicating first request content over a network; and

when content of the first information is included in the first request content, outputs, to the second information processing apparatus, second information including information for identifying the user or the home, using the first information generated.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2021
From: YAMAUCHI, MASAKI; FUJIWARA, NANAMI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 057551/0244 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation PCTJP2019038855 · Oct 2, 2019
Provisional Application 62740097 · Oct 2, 2018
Provisional Application 62740080 · Oct 2, 2018
Provisional Application 62739922 · Oct 2, 2018
Related Publication 20210279746A1 · Sep 9, 2021
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