Patent ID: 8229941

Claim:
An information processing apparatus that displays image data and plays back music data, comprising: searching means for searching for music metadata (being the metadata of the music data) that is related to image metadata (being the metadata of a plurality of image data), such searching being conducted when a command to display a plurality of image data is issued, the music metadata being generated by separating the music data into octaves and for each octave extracting a twelve pitch audio signal and analyzing the melody of the extracted signal, the chord progression of the extracted signal, the tempo of the extracted signal, or the number of notes of the extracted signal; display control means for controlling the display of the plurality of image data specified for display; and playback control means for controlling the playback of the music data corresponding to the music metadata found by the searching means, the playback being controlled in parallel with the display of the plurality of image data by the display control means.