Patent ID: 7755661
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with an information input apparatus, comprising: reception unit configured: (1) in a first reception operation where the information processing apparatus is connected to the information input apparatus, to receive information specifying a file recorded on a recording medium of the information input apparatus; (2) in a second reception operation after the reception in the first reception operation, to receive part of attribute information, not all of the attribute information, of the file recorded on the recording medium of the information input apparatus; and (3) in a third reception operation after the reception in the second reception operation, to receive information which has not been received in the second reception operation, not all of the file, among information included in the file recorded on the recording medium of the information input apparatus, wherein the part of attribute information received in the second reception operation is obtainable without analyzing the file, and the information received in the third reception operation is obtainable by analyzing the file.