Patent ID: 8705945
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a priority content setting unit to set at least one of a plurality of contents managed in accordance with at least one of a plurality of different management formats as priority content based on a selection of a user or a predetermined rule, wherein an upper limit number is predefined for each of the plurality of different management formats, and wherein the upper limit number for each of the plurality of different management formats denotes a maximum number of contents to be managed in accordance with each of the plurality of different management formats; and a control unit to perform control to change a management format of the priority content to manage the priority content in accordance with a first management format among the plurality of different management formats, when an operation input is received from the user, wherein the operation input is associated with a predefined operation of the image processing apparatus, wherein the control unit performs control to change a management format of the at least one content not set as the priority content among the plurality of contents and managed in accordance with the first management format, from the first management format to a second management format different from the first management format when a number of contents managed in accordance with the first management format reaches a first upper limit number predefined for the first management format.