Patent ID: 8063884

Claim:
An information processing apparatus that allows a display to show a plurality of windows on a same screen, the information processing apparatus comprising: a detecting means for detecting a signal sent in response to a press of a button allocated on a remote controller; a control means for outputting to an operating system a signal indicating that a first key and a second key provided on a keyboard are pressed and allowing the operating system to switch a representation on the display when the detecting means detects that only a first button provided on the remote controller is pressed in accordance with a state of the representation on the display; and a measuring means for measuring a time period from the detection of a signal corresponding to the press of the first button, wherein the control means continuously outputs to the operating system a signal indicating that only the first key is kept pressed for a predetermined time period after the signal corresponding to the press of the first button is detected, and the control means outputs a signal indicating that the second key is pressed while the first key is kept pressed when a signal corresponding to a press of the first button is again detected within the predetermined time period.