Patent ID: 8082011

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a communication device configured to communicate with an external device; a memory configured to store a plurality of sound data; a sound generator configured to output the sound data; an input device configured to select one of a first mode, a second mode, and a third mode, and to select one of the sound data to be output from the sound generator when an incoming signal is received, the sound data is output only by the sound generator of the information processing apparatus in the first mode, the sound data is output only by the external device in the second mode, and the sound data is output by both the sound generator of the information processing apparatus and the external device in the third mode; and a controller configured to control the information processing apparatus, wherein when the incoming signal is received by the information processing apparatus, the controller determines whether the selected sound data is reproducible by the external device if the second mode is selected, and transmits, via the communication device, the sound data to the external device if the sound data is reproducible by the external device.