Patent ID: 8418224
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an external apparatus, comprising: an authentication unit configured to authenticate an external apparatus; an input unit configured to input data; an instruction unit configured to receive from a user an instruction for instructing a start of a particular period, wherein if the input unit inputs data within the particular period and the authentication unit authenticates a plurality of external apparatuses within the particular period, the data input by the input unit is to be automatically associated with the plurality of external apparatuses authenticated by the authentication unit; a storage unit configured to store data input by the input unit within the particular period in association with a plurality of external apparatuses authenticated by the authentication unit within the particular period; a storage control unit configured to, if the input unit inputs data within the particular period and the authentication unit authenticates a plurality of external apparatuses within the particular period, automatically associate the data with the plurality of external apparatuses and store, in the storage unit, the data being associated with the plurality of external apparatuses; a receiving unit configured to receive, from an external apparatus, a request for processing the data stored in the storage unit; and an executing unit configured to, if the external apparatus from which the request is received by the receiving unit is any one of the plurality of external apparatuses with which the data stored in the storage unit is associated, execute processing of the data stored in the storage unit, in accordance with the request received by the receiving unit.