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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2006
Hiroki Takakura, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Miyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Kou Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Imai, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Watanabe, Saitama, JP;
Koichi Uchida, Saitama, JP;
Hiroki Takakura, Tokyo, JP;
Shiro Miyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Kou Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Imai, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Watanabe, Saitama, JP;
Koichi Uchida, Saitama, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
In an information processing system including an information processing apparatus and a content output apparatus which are connected to each other, the content output apparatus is configured to include a function identification file creation unit adapted to, in accordance with a button operation by a user, create a function identification file for causing the information processing apparatus to execute a predetermined function, and a file storage unit adapted to store the function identification file in a storage unit, and the information processing apparatus is configured to include a detector adapted to detect a connection of the content output apparatus to the information processing apparatus, and a controller adapted to, after detecting the connection of the content output apparatus, start an application program to execute the function depending on the presence/absence of the function identification file in the storage unit.