Patent ID: 9538023
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to perform a short-range wireless communication with a terminal apparatus; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a state identifier indicating a state of the information processing apparatus; a display control unit configured to control a display on a display unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit application information for specifying a display application to be activated, a device identifier of the information processing apparatus, and a first state identifier obtained by the obtaining unit to the terminal apparatus through the communication unit in a case where a distance between the information processing apparatus having the display control unit displaying a first screen and the terminal apparatus is changed from outside a communication range of the communication unit to within the communication range, and transmit the application information, the device identifier, and a second state identifier obtained by the obtaining unit to the terminal apparatus through the communication unit in a case where a distance between the information processing apparatus having the display control unit displaying a second screen and the terminal apparatus is changed from outside a communication range of the communication unit to within the communication range, thereby causing the terminal apparatus to display first additional information corresponding to the device identifier and the first state identifier using the display application specified by the application information or second additional information corresponding to the device identifier and the second state identifier using the display application.