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An information processing system in which the necessary information can be transferred via a network by the time this information becomes actually necessary, without damaging the utility and convenience from the user's point of view. An information transfer to a first information processing apparatu

An information processing system in which the necessary information can be transferred via a network by the time this information becomes actually necessary, without damaging the utility and convenience from the user's point of view. An information transfer to a first information processing apparatus from a second information processing apparatus via a network is realized by predicting a necessary information which will be required by a user using the first information processing apparatus in future and a necessary time by which the necessary information will be actually required by the user, according to a knowledge concerning an activity schedule of the user; and controlling the transfer of the necessary information from the second information processing apparatus to the first information processing apparatus via the network such that the necessary information will be transferred by the necessary time.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An information processing apparatus to be connected to a network in order to receive a transfer of information via the network from an information management apparatus storing various information, comprising:prediction means for predicting a necessary information which wi

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] An information processing apparatus to be connected to a network in order to receive a transfer of information via the network from an information management apparatus storing various information, comprising:prediction means for predicting a necessary information which will be required by a user in future and a necessary time by which the necessary information will be actually required by the user, according to a first knowledge concerning an activity schedule of the user and a second knowledge concerning a relationship between a user's activity and an attribute of information;transfer control means for determining at least one of a transfer time and a network to be used amongst a plurality of available networks for the transfer of the necessary information, and controlling the transfer of the necessary information from the information management apparatus via the network according to said at least one of transfer time and network to be used, such that the necessary information will be received by the necessary time; andstorage means for storing the necessary information transferred via the network.