Abstract: An information processing device groups a plurality of tasks included in a workflow into a plurality of groups, based on whether sensor information obtained from a value detected by a sensor satisfies an execution requirement which is set for one or more tasks among the plurality of tasks and defines whether the one or more tasks are to be executed. The information processing device generates display information that is to be used to display the plurality of tasks in association with the plurality of groups, and outputs the generated display information. A terminal displays, on a display screen, the plurality of tasks in association with the plurality of groups, based on the display information received from the information processing device.

Abstract: A device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: calculate a number of devices which are estimated to access at a same time to an apparatus that provides a service corresponding to the event when a signal as a trigger for occurrence of an event is received, calculate a standby time from an occurrence time of the event based on the number of devices and a condition related to the service or the apparatus, and access to the apparatus after staying in standby from the occurrence time of the event until the standby time elapses.

Abstract: An information providing method includes: generating, at time of registering know-how with respect to a task defined in task information, a first-type status tag based on a user status including task information of a first task being executed by a first user; storing the first-type status tag in a corresponding manner to the know-how in a memory; generating a second-type status tag based on a user status including task information of a second task being executed by a second user; extracting, from a plurality of sets of know-how stored in the memory, know-how associated to the second-type status tag; and providing the extracted know-how to the second user.

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 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 system configured to identify a detection target based on first identification information having a limit on number of registrations in an operating system of a first mobile terminal and second identification information that does not have the limit, the information processing system includes the first mobile terminal, the detection target, and an information processing apparatus.

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 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.

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: An information processing method executed by an information processing device including a sensor and a processor, the information processing method includes acquiring, by the sensor, observation information indicating a situation; extracting, by the processor, one or more contents corresponding to the observation information from among a plurality of contents by referring to information in which an identifier identifying a situation and a content are associated with each other for each of the plurality of contents; determining one or more target contents from among the one or more contents based on priorities associated with the one or more contents; and executing a program of one of the determined one or more target contents.

Abstract: A method includes reporting area information identifying a predetermined area to the predetermined area, transmitting an application when terminal identification information identifying a terminal is received from the terminal that received the area information, receiving first tag information transmitted in response to an operation performed by the application, retaining the received first tag information, managing second tag information shared in a meeting held by the terminal and another terminal, determining a target share information to be newly shared according to the first tag information and the second tag information, transmitting a proposal proposing that the target share information be shared to the terminal retaining the target share information, and updating the second tag information based on tag information including a tag and importance information of the target share information newly shared in a case of receiving a response from the application indicating that the terminal accepts the propos

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 information processing system includes a GW and a portable communication device. The GW includes a transmitter that transmits, to the portable communication device that is located within a given area, a request to transmit information; a receiver that receives a response to the request to transmit information from the portable communication device; and a data acquisition controller that, when the number of responses received is larger than a maximum allowable number to the GW, adjusts the area to which the request to transmit information is transmitted such that the number of responses is equal to or smaller than the maximum allowable number and that, when the number of responses is equal to or smaller than the maximum allowable number to the GW, adjusts an area to which the request to transmit information is transmitted, which is an area different from the area to which the request has been transmitted.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a processor configured to: extract an intention of a user and context of utterance from the utterance of the user via a microphone, generate topic data which includes an execution situation of the intention based on the intention and the context, generate utterance content according to the execution situation of the generated topic data, and output the utterance content to the user via a speaker.

Abstract: A device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to: calculate a number of devices which are estimated to access at a same time to an apparatus that provides a service corresponding to the event when a signal as a trigger for occurrence of an event is received, calculate a standby time from an occurrence time of the event based on the number of devices and a condition related to the service or the apparatus, and access to the apparatus after staying in standby from the occurrence time of the event until the standby time elapses.

Abstract: A task execution support device stores information on a task processed in the past and information of a person in charge associated with the task; executes a process extracting, in response to a new task, a second task similar to the new task from the information on the task; executes a process identifying a person in charge who performed the second task from the information of a person in charge associated with the task and, calculating an evaluation value for the person in charge indicating contribution to the second task, the evaluation value being calculated based on how many times the person in charge has performed an operation of the second task and how many times the person in charge has requested the second task to another person in charge; and executes a process presenting a candidate for a person in charge, who is selected based on the evaluation value.

Abstract: An information processing device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute first transmission processing that includes transmitting a processing request that corresponds to an operation of a user to a server device coupled to the information processing device through a network, in accordance with the operation by the user, execute storage processing that includes storing a processing request that corresponds to an operation executed when communication with the server device is not allowed to be performed, and execute second transmission processing that includes transmitting the processing request stored during the storage processing, to a further information processing device allowed to transmit a processing request that corresponds to an operation by the user to the server device.

Abstract: A method of controlling a computer including a display screen, the computer having a plurality of modes with respect to the display screen, includes: determining that the computer is set to a first lock mode after inactivity during a non-lock mode over a first time period before a second lock mode is set, the first lock mode, the second lock mode, and the non-lock mode being from among the plurality of modes; switching the computer from the first lock mode to the second lock mode when after inactivity over a second time period subsequent to the first time period; and returning, by a processor in the computer, the computer from the first lock mode to the non-lock mode when an input designating a position included in a certain area of the display screen is detected within the second time period.

Abstract: A mobile device stores, as an application binary, an application equivalent to an application incorporated in another device in a specific region connectable to a network. When a function of acquiring the predetermined information is available to the mobile device, the mobile device acquires the predetermined information using the application and transmits the acquired information to the specific region. When the function of acquiring the predetermined information is unavailable to the mobile device, the mobile device receives the acquired information from the other device in the specific region.

Abstract: An information processing system includes a GW and a portable communication device. The GW includes a transmitter that transmits, to the portable communication device that is located within a given area, a request to transmit information; a receiver that receives a response to the request to transmit information from the portable communication device; and a data acquisition controller that, when the number of responses received is larger than a maximum allowable number to the GW, adjusts the area to which the request to transmit information is transmitted such that the number of responses is equal to or smaller than the maximum allowable number and that, when the number of responses is equal to or smaller than the maximum allowable number to the GW, adjusts an area to which the request to transmit information is transmitted, which is an area different from the area to which the request has been transmitted.