Patent ID: 8493825

Claim:
An information processing apparatus including a display input device in which an image display unit and an operation input unit are integrally formed, the information processing apparatus comprising: means for reproducing data recorded on a recording medium; means for retrieving key information and a table of contents from the recording medium, the key information including a plurality of icons each corresponding to a function of the information processing apparatus, and the table of contents including a list of information recorded on the recording medium and being stored on the recording medium separate from the key information; means for storing the key information and the table of contents that are reproduced from the recording medium; means for controlling the image display unit to display at least one of the plurality of icons included in the key information stored in the means for storing; means for determining an operator for which an operation is input based on an input content input from the operation input unit and the key information displayed on the image display unit; and means for reading an operation content of the information processing apparatus that is stored in the means for storing and that is defined for each operator based on a determination result of the means for determining.