Abstract: A first communication interface communicates with a wireless apparatus to communicate an audio signal for a hands-free call by connecting to the wireless apparatus and receives first data stored in the wireless apparatus from the wireless apparatus. A storage stores the first data received by the first communication interface. A second communication interface communicates, via a communication apparatus, with a server connected to a network. The second communication interface performs communication to synchronize second data that is stored in the server and that is backup data of the first data with the first data stored in the storage.

Abstract: A first communication interface communicates with a wireless apparatus to communicate an audio signal for a hands-free call by connecting to the wireless apparatus and receives first data stored in the wireless apparatus from the wireless apparatus. A storage stores the first data received by the first communication interface. A second communication interface communicates, via a communication apparatus, with a server connected to a network. The second communication interface performs communication to synchronize second data that is stored in the server and that is backup data of the first data with the first data stored in the storage.

Abstract: There is disclosed an information providing system having a mediator adapted for receiving renewal information for an index from information servers or information sources to select the received renewal information in accordance with index selection condition. The mediator sends the selected renewal information to a retrieval engine.

Abstract: An information input method inputs certain information and probability information having uncertainty. The information input method displays a plurality of candidates with respect to the probability information that is input, and selects and fixes one of the plurality of displayed candidates in response to the certain information that is input.

Abstract: To provide an information search device, a computer program for searching information and an information search method for simply providing a broad range of information with brevity to a user.

Abstract: A system that extracts an attribute value from inputted voices, which was inputted by a user via a microphone, creates retrieval conditions including the attribute value, and performs retrieval according to the retrieval conditions, the system including: a unit, in the case where a user performs voice input via a microphone after the retrieval, extracting an attribute value from the inputted voices; a unit creating new retrieval conditions based on the attribute value and the retrieval conditions; and a unit performing retrieval with the new retrieval conditions.

Abstract: There is provided a facilitator having a flexible distributed configuration using cells with enhanced security. The facilitator includes a query cell 20 for receiving a query from a user 60, a transfer cell 30 for transferring data to a predetermined cell, an answer cell 40 for organizing answers to the query from the user 60, and a dual cell 10 having two functions (function of the query cell and the function of the answer cell), wherein respective kinds of cells are organized based on a group 70, and the dual cell 10 is disposed on the border between the groups 70. All the data communicated between the groups 70 passes through the dual cell 10. The user 60 can see the answer cell portion of the dual cell 10, and the server 50 can see the query cell portion of the dual cell 10. Respective elements belonging to different groups are concealed from each other. The arrangement of each cell can be altered only by changing the setting of the dual cell 10.

Abstract: The present invention provides a terminal operation training apparatus for supporting operation training of an operator terminal apparatus for use in receiving customers. The apparatus stores operation data representing a valid or invalid operation procedure of the operator terminal apparatus, and displays an operation screen of the operator terminal apparatus. The apparatus then compares operations input from a learner with the operation data, inspects validity of the operations, and transmits an inspection result to a supervisor terminal apparatus via a communication line. The supervisor terminal apparatus displays the inspection result.

Abstract: In a voice interaction apparatus for performing voice response services utilizing voice, a voice recognizer detects an interaction response content (keywords, unnecessary words, unknown words, and silence) indicating a psychology of a voice-inputting person at a time of a voice interaction, an input state analyzer analyzes the interaction response content and classifies the psychology of the voice-inputting person into predetermined input state information, and a scenario analyzer selects a scenario for a voice-inputting person based on the input state information.

Abstract: A voice communications request from a calling party is received by the access reception unit of a gatekeeper and is transferred to an access management unit. The access management unit judges whether the utilization registration of the terminal of a called party is made by referring to an address conversion unit, a utilization registration management unit and a user profile information management unit, and if the utilization registration is not made, the access management unit makes a service selection unit select a service. The selected service is provided by a service start unit through an IP application service provision unit or a call control service provision unit, and the provision of the service is reported to the calling party by a service provision information notification unit. By this service, the called user can know that there has been an incoming call from the calling party in some way.

Abstract: A trading system wherein each client and a trader respectively have a metadata generating portion for describing character string type parameters of each operation with metadata including a service type and a service type context which is supplementary information of the service type individually or all together, and a metadata interpreting portion for interpreting the metadata in its entirety. The client requesting a registration, an export, or an import to the trader can include authentication information and authority information in the metadata, whereby an authentication processing portion of the trader performs an authentication processing based on the authentication information and the authority information.

Abstract: There is provided a facilitator having a flexible distributed configuration using cells with enhanced security.

Abstract: There is disclosed an information providing system having a mediator adapted for receiving renewal information for an index from information servers or information sources to select the received renewal information in accordance with index selection condition. The mediator sends the selected renewal information to a retrieval engine.

Abstract: In a custom service control system connected to a communication system including a plurality of user terminals and an exchange, a first memory stores service management processes respectively provided for the user terminals. A second memory stores a plurality of service processes respectively providing communications services. The service management processes includes pieces of custom data showing service processes respectively usable by the user terminals. A control unit selects service processes in response to requests from the user terminals in accordance with the service management processes.

Abstract: In the sequence program (ladder circuit), in order to give a common address between contacts of the ladder circuit longitudinally and store states before and after the processing of the contact in the ladder circuit, two types of memories corresponding to addresses at the both ends of the contact are provided and a compiler for classifying the processing into the five types and a sequence execution unit for processing a machine language of the compiler are further provided so that execution can be made even if an output instruction is provided in an intermediate portion of the ladder circuit.

Abstract: In an industrial robot including a control apparatus capable of executing control of the robot in a position control mode, a velocity control mode and a current control mode. The control apparatus includes a changeover section (20) for executing changeover between the position control mode and the current control mode. The position of an object is sensed by driving a set of arms of the robot in a force control mode which is a combination of the velocity control mode and the current control mode, and detecting the position at which the arms contact an object and are halted. Detection of the halted condition is performed based on a condition of an output signal produced from a position sensor (13), and by repetitively performing such detection for a plurality of different points on the body surface, a plurality of position values are derived which are compared with reference position data.