Patent ID: 8516378
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information-processing apparatus for controlling presentation of a menu over a network, the information-processing apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to communicate with an information-providing apparatus over the network; an input unit configured to receive input from a user of the information-processing apparatus; a storage unit storing one or more menus; and a control unit configured to: receive, via the input unit, a selection of information for processing; retrieve, from the storage unit, a first menu associated with the selected information, wherein the first menu comprises a first one or more menu items associated with functions for processing the selected information; receive, via the communication unit from the information-providing apparatus over the network, a second menu associated with the selected information, wherein the second menu comprises a second one or more menu items associated with functions for processing the selected information; and generate a third menu associated with the selected information, based on the first menu and on the second menu, wherein generating the third menu comprises: identifying menu items of the first one or more menu items that are duplicative of menu items of the second one or more menu items; eliminating the identified duplicative menu items from the first one or more menu items or from the second one or more menu items; and combining the remaining menu items of the first one or more menu items and the second one or more menu items to generate the third menu.