Patent ID: 8416184

Claim:
An information processing apparatus capable of simultaneously executing a reproduction function of content data and a communication function with an external apparatus, comprising: a reproduction section configured to execute the reproduction function; a communication control section configured to execute the communication function using a communication section; an operation input allocation section configured to allocate an operation input from a first operation section to the reproduction function or the communication function; an operation input acquisition section configured to acquire an operation input from a second operation section; and a display control section configured to cause a display section to display information relating to the reproduction function or information relating to the communication function; said operation input allocation section being operable to: allocate the operation input from said first operation section to the communication function when the operation input from said second operation section is acquired by said operation input acquisition section while the operation input from said first operation section is not allocated to any of the communication function and the reproduction function; and allocate, when the operation input from said second operation section is acquired by said operation input acquisition section while the operation input from said first operation section is allocated to the communication function, the operation input from said first operation section to the reproduction function, wherein said operation input allocation section allocates the operation input from said first operation section to the reproduction function when the operation input from said second operation section is acquired by said operation input acquisition section after the operation input from said first operation section is allocated to the communication function; and wherein said display control section: controls said display section to display the information relating to the communication function when the operation input from said second operation section is acquired by said operation input acquisition section while none of the information relating to the communication function and the information relating to the reproduction function is displayed on said display section, and controls said display section to display the information relating to the reproduction function when the operation input from said second operation section is acquired by said operation input acquisition section.