Patent ID: 7209308

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a memory information reading means capable of communicating with a memory means provided in a recording medium and having at least a management information storage area where management information used to manage recording to and reproduction from the recording medium is stored and an instruction/object information storage area where instruction/object information in which there is stated an instruction to be carried out and an area of responsibility specifying a device, or devices, which has to execute the instruction is stored, and thus reading information from at least the memory means, wherein the management information manages reproduction from the recording medium upon user-operation of a predetermined key and recording without operation of said key; a communication means for communicating information; an information acquisition means for acquiring, via the communication means, the instruction/object information read by the memory information reading means from the memory means and in which there is stated the instruction to be carried out and the area of responsibility specifying a device, or devices, which has to execute the instruction; and a control means capable of making a predetermined control of the system device, or devices, which has to execute the instruction according to the instruction stated in the instruction/object information acquired by the information acquisition means.