Abstract: An information processing apparatus configured to provide an application programming interface (API) group for controlling a device coupled via a network, the information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute a receiving process that includes receiving data on any API of the API group from a terminal, execute a code execution process that includes executing first code indicating processing to be executed by the information processing apparatus, the first code being included in the data, thereby causing an API specified in the first code, of the API group, to be invokable from the terminal, and execute a control process that includes, in response to an invocation request for the API specified in the first code, the invocation request being transmitted from the terminal, performing control in accordance with the API over the device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus detects a focus on an input area of a display unit associated with a plurality of input units. The information processing apparatus receives sensor information output from a terminal held by a user. In a case where the terminal is identified by the received sensor information, the information processing apparatus associates the terminal with the input unit to be used to perform an input to the input area of the detected focus. Then, when acquiring the input to the focus from the input unit, the information processing apparatus transmits the acquired input to the terminal associated with the input unit.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including: a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform a process including: setting a forwarding path or a forwarding method; creating a data list storing a random value; and requesting each of a plurality of clients to add an attribute value stored by the client to the data list and forward the data list using the forwarding path or the forwarding method.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including: a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform a process including: setting a forwarding path or a forwarding method; creating a data list storing a random value; and requesting each of a plurality of clients to add an attribute value stored by the client to the data list and forward the data list using the forwarding path or the forwarding method.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory and a processor. The processor, coupled to the memory, is configured to: determine, for each task of a plurality of tasks executed in a distributed stream data processing platform, a log score based on an indication associated with easiness of occurrence of a failure; and output a log message for each task of the plurality of tasks at an output frequency based on a log score of each task and a log score of at least one of an upstream task located upstream of each task and a downstream task located downstream of each task.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to: calculate a degree-of-similarity between information shared within a first group and information shared within a second group, the first and the second groups being among a plurality of groups, each of the plurality of groups sharing information within the each of the plurality of groups; and provide information that promotes a discussion, the information that promotes the discussion being provided when the calculated degree-of-similarity satisfies a predetermined criterion, and the information that promotes the discussion being provided to at least one of the first and the second groups, based on the information shared within the first group and the information shared within the second group.

Abstract: A customer service managing method includes identifying a clerk to perform customer service from among a plurality of clerks based on a customer service request and clerk terminal information indicating states of a plurality of clerks, the states being related to customer service, when receiving the customer service request from a second terminal device; transmitting identifying information identifying the customer service request to a first terminal device corresponding to the identified clerk and the second terminal device; updating the clerk terminal information so as to indicate that the identified clerk is performing customer service when receiving reception start information from the first terminal device; updating the clerk terminal information so as to indicate that the state of the identified clerk is in an available state when receiving reception stop information from the first terminal device; and transmitting an end message to stop the beacon to the second terminal device.

Abstract: An apparatus performs transmission and reception of messages via which a plurality of services coordinate with each other in a message control system. The apparatus integrates a plurality of messages into a first message, based on relationships between message transmission and message reception caused by the plurality of services, and transmits the first message to another information processing device in the message control system. The apparatus receives a second message integrated by another information processing device, and decompose the received second message into messages including a third message. The apparatus further integrates the decomposed third message and a fourth message into a fifth message, and transfers the integrated fifth message to another information processing device.

Abstract: A wireless communication system includes a first wireless device configured to transmit a first signal including first information, a plurality of second wireless devices each of which is configured to receive the first signal and to transmit a second signal including the first information based on the first signal, and a third wireless device configured to transmit a third signal which requests transmitting of the second signal when third wireless device receives neither the first signal nor the second signal, wherein each of the second wireless devices is configured to transmit the second signal when the third signal is received and the second signal is not received from another second wireless device, and each of the second wireless devices is configured not to transmit the second signal even when the third signal is received, when the second signal is received from another second wireless device.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to one or more terminals, wherein the processor: acquires, from the one or more terminals, a snapshot of shared information shared with another information processing apparatus at a time during a conference and a first identifier of the conference; determines whether or not the first identifier is stored in the memory by referring to the memory that stores a second identifier received from the another information processing apparatus; when determining that the first identifier is stored in the memory, performs coupling to the another information processing apparatus that is a source of the second identifier stored in the memory; and reproduces the shared information shared with the coupled another information processing apparatus from the snapshot.

Abstract: A computer-implemented data stream processing method includes generating a directed graph in which processes in a stream processing infrastructure are represented by nodes and data input/output relationships between the nodes are represented by edges, calculating a degree of each of the nodes based on a weight of each of the edges, and deploying, based on the calculated degree of each of the nodes, the processes represented by the nodes at stages of a pipeline in the stream processing infrastructure.

Abstract: A system includes a first apparatus and a plurality of second apparatuses, wherein a first processor of the first apparatus executes a process that includes: obtaining, for each of one or more resources to be used to perform a task, evaluation information about whether the resource is suitable to be used by each of the plurality of second apparatuses; selecting at least one from the plurality of second apparatuses based on the evaluation information; and transmitting a result of the selection to the plurality of second apparatuses, wherein a second processor of each of the plurality of second apparatuses executes a process that includes, when the second apparatus to which the second processor belongs is not selected by the result of the selection received from the first apparatus, outputting information indicating any of the plurality of the second apparatuses which is selected by the result of the selection.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a processor. The processor specifies regions surrounded by a boundary line between a range through which a rectangular window passes and a range through which the window does not pass as an arrangement candidate region of the window in a display region when a center of the window is moved according to an outer frame of the display region in a case where it is detected that a display position of the window is a first position at which the window protrudes from the display region, determines a position closest to the first position as an arrangement candidate position of the window among arrangement candidate regions, and arranges the center of the window at the arrangement candidate position when the window does not protrude from the display region in a case where the arrangement candidate position and the center of the window match each other.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a linkage-source device, a plurality of linkage-destination devices that is connectable to the linkage-source device, and an application linkage device that controls linkages of applications respectively registered in the linkage-source device and the plurality of linkage-destination devices.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the embodiments, an apparatus includes an information processing apparatus includes a memory, and circuitry coupled to the memory and configured to accept registration of a device available for a user and an available function of the device, generate a Web application programming interface according to the registration, and also generates a virtual device that responds to access to the Web application programming interface in cooperation with the device, notify a terminal of information including an access method to the Web application programming interface corresponding to an authenticated user, based on a result of user authentication using the terminal, and accept access to the Web application programming interface from the terminal and accesses the device via the virtual device.

Abstract: An abnormality notification system includes a plurality of relay apparatuses that form a first ad-hoc network and communicate with other relay apparatuses, and a plurality of abnormality notification apparatuses attached to respective relay apparatuses. The abnormality notification apparatus forms a second ad-hoc network with another abnormality notifying apparatus attached to another relay apparatus, and notifies, when detecting an abnormality of the relay apparatus to which the abnormality notifying apparatus is attached, an abnormality notification indicating the abnormality via the second ad-hoc network to the other abnormality notifying apparatus attached to the other relay apparatus.

Abstract: An information processing method executed by a processor included in an information processing device, the information processing device including a sensor, the information processing method includes acquiring information of a location of the information processing device using the sensor; determining a distribution area with which one or more applications are associated; specifying a terminal device that communicates with the information processing device via a network; extracting one or more applications associated with the distribution area where the location of the information processing device is included; and transmitting the extracted one or more applications to the specified terminal device.

Abstract: A system includes: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of content and a plurality of distribution conditions corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of content; and circuitry configured to acquire, from a mobile terminal, condition information indicating a condition of the mobile terminal; compare the condition information acquired from the mobile terminal to each of the plurality of distribution conditions stored in the storage unit; identify one or more pieces of content of the plurality of pieces of content having a distribution condition matching the condition information acquired from the mobile terminal based on the comparing; and distribute the identified one or more pieces of content to the mobile terminal.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to receive terminal information of each of a plurality of terminals. The terminal information includes position information indicating a position of a relevant terminal of the plurality of terminals and file information indicating files accessible from the relevant terminal. The processor is configured to compare the file information of the plurality of terminals on the basis of the terminal information. The processor is configured to determine, on the basis of a result of the comparison, a target file to be shared. The target file is a file satisfying a predetermined requirement. The processor is configured to execute a sharing process of causing the plurality of terminals to share the target file.

Abstract: An apparatus provides a service to a plurality of terminal devices. The apparatus receives, from each of one or more terminal devices among the plurality of terminal devices, a first notification indicating a predetermined operation timing before the service is used in each terminal device. The apparatus performs scaling of the service, based on the first notifications received from the one or more terminal devices.