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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2008
Shimon Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Ishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Aoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Ode, Chiba, JP;
Masayuki Ebata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Ehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Shimon Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Ishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Aoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Ode, Chiba, JP;
Masayuki Ebata, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadashi Ehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a receiving section that receives function information about one or more functions from an external device connected via a network; a display section that displays a list of the functions of the external device, the functions being included in the function information; a selected-information acquiring section that acquires selected information pertaining to a function selected by a user from the list of the functions displayed by the display section; and a coordinate function executing section that causes the external device to execute the function selected by the user. Such a configuration provides the information processing apparatus designed such that even if the information processing apparatus and the external device do not have information about each other, the function of the external device can be executed by operating the information processing apparatus.