Patent Application for Information Processing Apparatus and Method

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Published August 12th, 2025

Detected March 26th, 2026

Summary

The USPTO has published a new patent application, US20260087455A1, for an information processing apparatus and method. The application describes a system for managing business operator accounts within a mobile messenger application to create business communities and share information.

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This document is a publication of a patent application (US20260087455A1) filed with the USPTO on August 12, 2025. The application details an information processing apparatus and method designed to link multiple business operator accounts within a mobile messenger application to form a 'business community.' It also describes a system for providing information about this business community to users of the messenger application, based on the business operators belonging to it.

As this is a patent application, it does not impose immediate regulatory obligations or penalties on businesses. However, companies operating in the technology and business services sectors, particularly those involved with mobile messaging platforms, social networking, or business community management, should be aware of this filing. It may indicate emerging technologies or business models that could impact future intellectual property landscapes or competitive strategies.

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INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

Application US20260087455A1 Kind: A1 Mar 26, 2026

Inventors

Takahiro SHIMIZU

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a registration unit 131 that, in response to a request from a business operator who operates a business operator account that is an account for a business operator and that is created in a mobile messenger application, registers, in an associated manner, a plurality of the business operator accounts that are linked to each other as a business community; and a providing unit 132 that provides information on the business community to a user of the mobile messenger application that is able to exchange messages with the official accounts based on information on the business operator who belongs to the business community.