Patent ID: 8401490

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a wireless communication module configured to connect to a counterpart apparatus via wireless communication; a memory configured to store a first application and a plurality of second applications, the first application configured to allow the information processing apparatus to transmit data to the counterpart apparatus and to receive data from the counterpart apparatus through the wireless communication, and the plurality of second applications being in a higher application-level than the first application; a controller configured to activate one of the plurality of second applications associated with the counterpart apparatus; and an indicator indicative of a status of the wireless communication, wherein the controller is configured to determine whether the activated second application is allowed to access the indicator, and wherein the controller is configured to control the indicator to indicate the status of the wireless communication based on the activated second application when the controller determines that the second application is allowed to access the indicator, and to control the indicator to indicate the status of the wireless communication based on the first application when the controller determines that the second application is not allowed to access the indicator.