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US 9,619,998 · App. 14/613,825 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

Inventors: Seiichi Takamura (Saitama, JP); Yasuharu Asano (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
G08B31/00G06Q50/01H04M1/72563H04M2250/12
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Patent No.
US 9,619,998
App. No.
14/613,825
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an information processing apparatus including a matter extracting unit extracting a predetermined matter from text information, an action pattern specifying unit specifying one or multiple action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, an action extracting unit extracting each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter, from sensor information, and a state analyzing unit generating state information indicating a state related to the matter, based on each of the action patterns extracted from the sensor information, using a contribution level indicating a degree of contribution of each of the action patterns to the predetermined matter, for a combination of the predetermined matter and each of the action patterns associated with the predetermined matter.

Claims (58)

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a communication interface; and

circuitry configured to

determine at least one action pattern associated with a goal, the goal being obtained from social media content;

generate state information, which indicates a state related to attainment of the goal, based on each of the at least one action pattern; and

provide, via the communication interface, information related to the goal to a client terminal based on the state information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one action pattern includes a physical activity undertaken by a user of the client terminal.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to identify the at least one action pattern from sensor information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is configured to acquire the sensor information from the client terminal.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the state information includes at least one of

an attainment level indicating a current attainment level with respect to the goal,

a current value related to a current state of the goal, which is acquired from the at least one action pattern associated with the goal, and

a comparison value obtained by comparing the current value related to the current state of the goal and a past value related to a past state of the goal, the comparison value being a value acquired from the at least one action pattern associated with the goal.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the state information is an attainment level indicating a current attainment level with respect to the goal, and

the circuitry is configured to determine whether an effort is made to attain the goal, according to an increase or decrease in the attainment level, and present a result of the determination to a user.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the state information is an attainment level indicating a current attainment level with respect to the goal, and

the circuitry is configured to present, to a user, an action pattern of high frequency among action patterns that have previously provided negative contribution levels or a histogram of the action patterns that have previously provided negative contribution levels in a case where the attainment level is below a predetermined threshold.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the state information is an attainment level indicating a current attainment level with respect to the goal, and

the circuitry is configured to present, to a user, an action pattern having an effect that is opposite to an effect of an action pattern of high frequency among action patterns that have previously provided negative contribution levels in a case where the attainment level is below a predetermined threshold.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

determine time information associated with the goal, and

provide the time information with the information related to the goal to the client terminal.

10. An information processing method, comprising:

determining, by circuitry of an information processing apparatus, at least one action pattern associated with a goal, the goal being obtained from social media content;

generating, by the circuitry, state information, which indicates a state related to attainment of the goal, based on each of the at least one action pattern; and

providing, by a communication interface of the information processing apparatus, information related to the goal to a client terminal based on the state information.

11. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one action pattern includes a physical activity undertaken by a user of the client terminal.

12. The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

identifying the at least one action pattern from sensor information.

13. The information processing method according to claim 12 , further comprising:

acquiring the sensor information from the client terminal.

14. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein the state information includes at least one of

an attainment level indicating a current attainment level with respect to the goal,

a current value related to a current state of the goal, which is acquired from the at least one action pattern associated with the goal, and

a comparison value obtained by comparing the current value related to the current state of the goal and a past value related to a past state of the goal, the comparison value being a value acquired from the at least one action pattern associated with the goal.

15. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein

the state information is an attainment level indicating a current attainment level with respect to the goal, and

the method further comprises:

determining whether an effort is made to attain the goal, according to an increase or a decrease in the attainment level, and

presenting a result of the determination to a user.

16. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein

the state information is an attainment level indicating a current attainment level with respect to the goal, and

the method further comprises:

presenting, to a user, an action pattern of high frequency among action patterns that have previously provided negative contribution levels or a histogram of the action patterns that have previously provided negative contribution levels in a case where the attainment level is below a predetermined threshold.

17. The information processing method according to claim 10 , wherein

the state information is an attainment level indicating a current attainment level with respect to the goal, and

the method further comprises:

presenting, to a user, an action pattern having an effect that is opposite to an effect of an action pattern of high frequency among action patterns that have previously provided negative contribution levels in a case where the attainment level is below a predetermined threshold.

18. The information processing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

determining time information associated with the goal; and

providing the time information with the information related to the goal to the client terminal.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program which when executed by a computer causes the computer to:

determine, by the computer, at least one action pattern associated with a goal the goal being obtained from social media content;

generate, by the circuitry, state information, which indicates a state related to attainment of the predetermined goal, based on each of the at least one action pattern; and

provide, via a communication interface, information related to the goal to a client terminal based on the state information.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-126051 · Jun 1, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13858297 · Apr 8, 2013
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