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

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process is provided, the computer being included in a first information processing apparatus, and the process includes: (a) receiving notifications via a wireless communication channel from one or more information processing apparatuses other than the first information processing apparatus, each notification including conference identification information and information regarding a state of a sound-pick-up unit or a state of a sound-output unit of one of the one or more information processing apparatuses, the conference identification information identifying a teleconference to which the one of the one or more information processing apparatuses is to connect; (b) identifying an information processing apparatus as a nearby apparatus, the information processing apparatus being selected from the one or more information processing apparatuses that have transmitted the notifications received by the first information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus having transmitted a notification including conference identification information that is the same as conference identification information of a teleconference to which the first information processing apparatus is to connect, the information processing apparatus being located at a distance from the first information processing apparatus, the distance being shorter than a predetermined distance; and(c) determining whether a howl is likely to occur by comparing a state of a sound-pick-up unit of the nearby apparatus that has been identified and a state of a sound-output unit of the first information processing apparatus or comparing a state of a sound-output unit of the nearby apparatus that has been identified and a state of a sound-pick-up unit of the first information processing apparatus.