Sony Corporation

Justsystem Corporation

Katsuhisa Takata

Mami Uchida

Masahiro Asai

Natsuko Yotsumoto

Takaaki Miura

Satoru Maeda

Munehiro Yoshikawa

Shinji Okazaki

Nobutaka Tani

An information processing apparatus in which television channel setting processing and provider setting processing can be completed expeditiously. The information processing apparatus has the function of connecting to the Internet and the function of receiving television broadcast from the broadcasting stations. If, when the broadcast territory of using the information processing apparatus is set and registered, and the Internet service provider is to be set, the Internet service providers are demonstrated in the display unit of the information processing apparatus beginning from those geographically closest to the user's territory.

Information processing method and apparatus and recording medium

An information processing method and apparatus for enabling more prompt sign-up. A network management server at step Sreceived am equipment serial number from an information processing apparatus and, at step s, references a database to retrieve a received equipment serial number. If the equipment serial number has not been found, the program moves to step Swhere a command for initiating manual setting is sent to an information processing apparatus. If the equipment serial number has been found, the program moves to step Sto verify whether or not the admittance made or admittance not as yet made, recorded in the database in association with the equipment serial number received is admittance made. If the verified result indicates admittance not as yet made, the program moves to step Swhere the network management server sends an automatic setting initiating command to the information processing apparatus.

Information processing method and apparatus and recording medium for controlling and simplifying a sign-up operation of an apparatus over a network

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Tokushima, Japan

Katsuhisa Takata