Patent ID: 8548617
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A sound output controller in a subject device, the sound output controller comprising: a control section that is equipped in the subject device, and configured to process audio data streamed from an external device through causing the external device to automatically start one of a plurality of applications for sound output, wherein the plurality of applications are applications installed in the external device, wherein the external device is external to the subject device; and an application information acquisition section that is equipped in the subject device, and configured to automatically acquire application information from the external device, wherein the application information is information on the plurality of applications installed in the external device, wherein: the control section of the subject device is provided with a predetermined selection criterion to automatically select a start-candidate application from the plurality of applications of the external device, the start-candidate application being the one of the plurality of applications that is to be automatically started in the external device; according to the predetermined selection criterion and the application information acquired by the application information acquisition section from the external device, the control section of the subject device automatically selects the start-candidate application and causes the external device to automatically start the selected start candidate application; when a default application, which is registered as a default in the external device among the plurality of applications, has an audio function and a browsing function, the control section automatically selects the default application as the start-candidate application and causes the external device to automatically start the selected default application; and in response to establishment of a connection between the subject device and the external device, the sound output controller of the subject device automatically, without requiring a user manual operation,