Patent ID: 7821536

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit adapted to store a plurality of data regarding a common theme including sound data for a camera, the camera outputting the sound data in accordance with a photographing operation; a communication unit adapted to communicate with the camera which stores the plurality of data regarding a plurality of common themes; and a control unit adapted to detect the plurality of common themes stored in the camera, by using said communication unit, and display, on the same screen, an area for displaying information representing the plurality of detected common themes stored in the camera and in the storage unit side-by-side, a first button for inputting an instruction for reproducing a plurality of data corresponding to a common theme selected among the plurality of common themes displayed on the area and a second button for inputting an instruction for recording a plurality of data regarding a common theme stored in said storage unit as substitute for the plurality of data simultaneously corresponding to the common theme selected among the plurality of common themes displayed on the area, wherein said control unit reproduces the plurality of data corresponding to the selected common theme based on the instruction of the first button and records, to the camera, the plurality of data regarding the common theme stored in said storage unit as substitute for the plurality of data simultaneously corresponding to the selected common theme based on the instruction of the second button.