Patent ID: 7860821
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing system including an information processing apparatus and a content output apparatus which are connected to each other, the content output apparatus including: function identification file creation means for, in accordance with a button operation by a user when the content output apparatus is controlled to be in a state in which the content output apparatus is electrically connected and not logically connected to the information processing apparatus, creating a function identification file for causing the information processing apparatus to execute a predetermined function; and file storage means for storing the function identification file in storage means of the content output apparatus, the information processing apparatus including: control means for, after detecting the logical connection of the content output apparatus, starting an application program to execute the function depending on the presence/absence of the function identification file stored in the storage means, wherein the function executed by the information processing apparatus is to record content outputted from the content output apparatus into a recording medium attachable to or part of the information processing apparatus, wherein when the logical connection between the information processing apparatus and the content output apparatus is released, the file storage means deletes the function identification file from the storage means.