Information providing apparatus, information providing method, information providing program, and recording medium

摘要

An information providing apparatus is disclosed that integrally provides information that may be shared by plural applications and information that is dedicated to a particular application. The information providing apparatus includes a merge unit that merges a first information providing unit and a second information providing unit. The merge unit includes an information acquisition unit that acquires information pertaining to a user in response to a request from a predetermined application of plural applications, the information acquisition unit acquiring information shared by the applications from the first information providing unit and information dedicated to the predetermined application from the second information providing unit. The merge unit also includes an information integrating unit that integrates the information acquired from the first information providing unit and the information acquired from the second information providing unit. The merge unit then provides the information integrated by the information integrating unit to the predetermined application.