Patent ID: 8250136

Claim:
An information processing system including an electronic apparatus, a server, and an external apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus comprises: an operation information acquirer for acquiring first operation information from the server, the electronic apparatus operating with the first operation information; an operation controller for directing so that the electronic apparatus operates according to the first operation information; an operation information input acceptor for accepting input of second operation information; and a second operation information transmitter for transmitting the second operation information and an electronic apparatus identifier, to the server, the electronic apparatus identifier identifying the electronic apparatus, the external apparatus comprises: an external information storage for storing an external apparatus identifier, the external apparatus identifier identifying the external apparatus; a setting information acceptor for accepting input of the electronic apparatus identifier and of the first operation information; and an operation setting information transmitter for transmitting the external apparatus identifier, the electronic apparatus identifier, and the first operation information, to the server, and the server comprises: an operation information control table storage for storing an operation information control table including at least one operation information control record, the record including the external apparatus identifier, the electronic apparatus identifier, and the first operation information; an operation setting information receiver for receiving the external apparatus identifier, the electronic apparatus identifier, and the first operation information, from the external apparatus; and an operation information updating part for updating the operation information control table, according to the external apparatus identifier, the electronic apparatus identifier, and the first operation information, wherein the server stores priority information showing a level of priority for each of the first operation information and the second operation information, when the server receives the first operation information from the external apparatus, and the second operation information from the electronic apparatus, and the operation information updating part updates the operation information control table, according to one of the first operation information and the second operation information that is given a higher priority level.