Patent ID: 7895269
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus which is connected to a plurality of external apparatuses through a communication network, comprising: an application controller which activates a plurality of applications; a plurality of memories which are provided in correspondence with the plurality of external apparatuses and on which data generated by the plurality of applications are rasterized; a transmitting unit which transmits the data rasterized on said plurality of memories to the corresponding external apparatuses; a temporary memory to temporarily save data rasterized on one of said plurality of memories; a selector which, when a new application different from the applications whose data are already rasterized on said plurality of memories is activated by said application controller, selects an external apparatus as a transmission destination of data generated by the new application from the plurality of external apparatuses; a first transferring unit which transfers, to said temporary memory, one of data rasterized on a first memory as one of said plurality of memories, which corresponds to the external apparatus selected by said selector, and data rasterized on a second memory as one of said plurality of memories, which is different from the first memory; a second transferring unit which transfers, to the second memory, the data rasterized on the first memory when the data rasterized on the second memory is transferred to said temporary memory; and a third transferring unit which transfers the data generated by the new application to the first memory.