Patent ID: 8082216

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for determining a function of an electronic apparatus desired by a user to adjust, based on an operation history of adjustment operations made by the user for the function of the electronic apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising: strength estimation means for calculating, from the operation history, an operation frequency for each predetermined time period, and estimating a time period of the operation frequency which exceeds a predetermined value as a time period over which the user has a strong desire to adjust; detecting means for calculating, from the operation history, an operation frequency for each function of the electronic apparatus of the operation history in a time period corresponding to the time period of the strong desire to adjust estimated by the strength estimation means, and detecting a feature of the adjustment operation made by the user for the function of the electronic apparatus, the feature corresponding to the operation frequency for each function of the electronic apparatus; and determination means for determining a function, desired by the user to adjust, of the electronic apparatus, the function corresponding to the feature detected by the detecting means.