Abstract: A recommendation information providing device that communicates with each of a mobile terminal used by a provider of recommendation information and a requester terminal used by a requester of the recommendation information includes: acquisition means for acquiring location information of the mobile terminal; memory means for storing the acquired location information; storage means for storing the recommendation information of the provider; and control means for, when receiving search area information for identifying a search area from the requester terminal, identifying a pertinent terminal which is the mobile terminal existing in the search area with reference to the memory means and transmitting pertinent recommendation information which is the recommendation information of the provider using the pertinent terminal to the requester terminal with reference to the storage means.

Abstract: In object recognition using image information, countermeasures are taken for reducing erroneous judgment caused when the similarity between a visual feature of an object image and a visual feature of dictionary data of another object becomes high in association with a temporal change. In a dictionary update method for a computer for updating dictionary data in which a visual feature of an object which a user desires to recognize is registered: when there are a plurality of data pieces having a visual feature similar to the inputted inquiry image, visual features of a plurality of objects are concluded as being similar and hence the pair of objects are accumulated into a similar object accumulation section; and when the objects accumulated in the similar object accumulation section have reached a condition set forth in advance, data having the visual features of the objects having reached the condition is concluded as requiring update and hence update is recommended to a user having registered the object.

Abstract: A memory unit stores a plurality of transmission destinations. A control unit determines an order of priority of transmission destinations based on states of the plurality of transmission destinations that are stored by the memory unit, and then, upon receiving predetermined input, originates a call to the transmission destination having the highest order of priority of transmission destinations that was determined.

Abstract: For the purpose of appropriately updating dictionary information in accordance with a change caused by a medium-to-long term temporal change caused by aging or a characteristics change of the target person, a method of updating a person authentication dictionary for storing biological information of a person of recognition target, includes: a storage step of storing and accumulating inquiry biological information received within a predetermined term, into a history accumulation unit; a generation step of measuring a similarity of the accumulated inquiry biological information pieces and then generating the similarity of each pair of biological information pieces; and an update step of, on the basis of a pair of biological information pieces judged as having a high similarity, updating the person authentication dictionary.

Abstract: In object recognition using image information, countermeasures are taken for reducing erroneous judgment caused when the similarity between a visual feature of an object image and a visual feature of dictionary data of another object becomes high in association with a temporal change. In a dictionary update method for a computer for updating dictionary data in which a visual feature of an object which a user desires to recognize is registered: when there are a plurality of data pieces having a visual feature similar to the inputted inquiry image, visual features of a plurality of objects are concluded as being similar and hence the pair of objects are accumulated into a similar object accumulation section; and when the objects accumulated in the similar object accumulation section have reached a condition set forth in advance, data having the visual features of the objects having reached the condition is concluded as requiring update and hence update is recommended to a user having registered the object.

Abstract: To provide a communication terminal processing terminal, a position search system, a position notification method, position display method, a position search method, and a program having satisfactory user friendliness in position search. A communication terminal includes: a first positioning section for performing positioning; a second positioning section for performing positioning by a positioning method different from a positioning method employed in the first positioning section; and a processing sector for when a request for position information is received, causing the first positioning section and the second positioning reckon to start positioning at each timing and then, when the positioning in the first positioning section is terminated transmitting as a reply to the request a positioning result obtained in the first positioning section and positioning related information concerning the positioning in the second positioning section.

Abstract: A communication terminal (300) generates a space coordinate system on the basis of the relative positions of identification images in a first image acquired by photographing a tag array board (100) using a camera-attached glasses (200) and transmits the coordinate range of the space coordinate system included in the first image to a commodity management server (500); the commodity management server (500) transmits a second image and display coordinates corresponding to the space coordinate system to the communication terminal (300); the communication terminal (300) displays the second image at the position based on the display coordinates of the camera-attached glasses (200), reads a tag ID from the tag array board (100) and transmits the tag ID to the commodity management server (500); and the commodity management server (500) performs predetermined processing on the basis of the tag ID.

Abstract: A recommendation information providing device that communicates with each of a mobile terminal used by a provider of recommendation information and a requester terminal used by a requester of the recommendation information includes: acquisition means for acquiring location information of the mobile terminal; memory means for storing the acquired location information; storage means for storing the recommendation information of the provider; and control means for, when receiving search area information for identifying a search area from the requester terminal, identifying a pertinent terminal which is the mobile terminal existing in the search area with reference to the memory means and transmitting pertinent recommendation information which is the recommendation information of the provider using the pertinent terminal to the requester terminal with reference to the storage means.

Abstract: A method of distributing contents including steps of: calculating feature quantities of contents written in a plurality of files by using a common calculation operation; allotting a common ID to feature quantities which are equivalent to each other among the calculated feature quantities; associating the plurality of files with the IDs corresponding to said files, and storing the associated files and IDs into a node of a network; gathering, when obtaining the stored file from the node, information on ID of said file and said node through the network; requesting the node shown in the gathered information to transmit the file corresponding to the ID shown in said information; and transmitting the requested file from the node.

Abstract: A communication terminal obtains biological information. The communication terminal determines whether the obtained biological information satisfies preset conditions. When it is determined that the biological information satisfies preset conditions, the communication terminal creates content information indicating the contents of the output information. The communication terminal then provides the created content information to other communication terminals.

Abstract: A memory unit stores a plurality of transmission destinations. A control unit determines an order of priority of transmission destinations based on states of the plurality of transmission destinations that are stored by the memory unit, and then, upon receiving predetermined input, originates a call to the transmission destination having the highest order of priority of transmission destinations that was determined.

Abstract: A system includes a processing history recording means that records history information of information processing performed by an information processing means on data, a plurality of information storing means that store information in mutually different information storage formats, and an information storage format control means that controls to changes an information storage format of data, on the basis of a history of information processing performed on the data.

Abstract: A distributed file system includes: a storage system including a plurality of storage units distributing and storing data corresponding to metadata, each of the storage units being in one of a plurality of operating states; a data acquisition unit acquiring data corresponding to a search request including desired metadata; and a management unit managing which of the storage units stores data corresponding to the metadata, managing an operating state of each of the storage units, and supplying a search result based on management contents responsive to a search request from the data acquisition unit. Based on search result, data acquisition unit accesses storage unit(s) in an active state more preferentially than storage unit(s) in an inactive state to acquire desired data.

Abstract: A processing node selection system comprises: a first node that has a processing resource; and a second node that has a processing resource and stores data used in processing. A selection is made of a node with a smaller total volume of data to be exchanged between the first and second nodes, as a node to execute the processing when processing is executed using data stored in the second node and the processing result is outputted by the first node.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resource allocation system including a provisional allocation execution unit that executes provisional allocation for policies other than a policy corresponding to an accepted source request, a shared resource extraction unit that extracts a resource sharable between the policy and other policies, and a determination index calculation unit that calculates an index that depends on resource sharability, and determines an allocation destination so that a storage area is allocated on a storage device with a lower resource sharability in preference to other storage devices.

Abstract: An extractor extracts a plurality of storage areas storing identical data strings therein from the storage areas of a lower storage layer. A layer storage controller associates the extracted storage areas with a single storage area of an upper storage layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides information storage system and method capable of changing an information storage format to a format suitable for the data utilization form. There are provided a means that records history information of information processing on data, a plurality of information storing means that store information in mutually different information storage formats, and an information storage format control means that changes an information storage format of data, on the basis of a history of processing relating to the data.

Abstract: A data storage system has a first storage unit and a second storage unit for storing the same data received from a plurality of higher-level devices. The first storage unit transmits sequence information representative of a sequence for storing the data received from the higher-level devices, to said second storage unit.

Abstract: A method of distributing contents including steps of: calculating feature quantities of contents written in a plurality of files by using a common calculation operation; allotting a common ID to feature quantities which are equivalent to each other among the calculated feature quantities; associating the plurality of files with the IDs corresponding to said files, and storing the associated files and IDs into a node of a network; gathering, when obtaining the stored file from the node, information on ID of said file and said node through the network; requesting the node shown in the gathered information to transmit the file corresponding to the ID shown in said information; and transmitting the requested file from the node.

Abstract: An extractor extracts a plurality of storage areas storing identical data strings therein from the storage areas of a lower storage layer. A layer storage controller associates the extracted storage areas with a single storage area of an upper storage layer.