Patent ID: 7685324

Claim:
An audio-video processing apparatus connected to an electronic device via a communication path, said apparatus comprising: a manipulation item information storage unit operable to hold one or more pieces of manipulation item information, each of which is information for causing the electronic device to operate in a predetermined manner; a state information obtainment unit operable to obtain state information indicating a state of the electronic device; a manipulation menu display unit operable to prepare a manipulation menu that includes one or more menu items that correspond to the one or more pieces of manipulation item information held in said manipulation item information storage unit, and operable to display the prepared manipulation menu, depending on the state information obtained by said state information obtainment unit; an operation instruction accepting unit operable to accept an operation instruction that is an instruction directed to one of the one or more menu items in the manipulation menu displayed by said manipulation menu display unit; an operation instruction information obtainment unit operable to obtain operation instruction information related to a corresponding one of the one or more pieces of manipulation item information corresponding to the operation instruction, the operation instruction information being information instructing that an operation should be performed; and an operation instruction information sending unit operable to send, to the electronic device, the operation instruction information obtained by said operation instruction information obtainment unit; wherein the state information indicates at least a power-on/-off state of the electronic device; and said manipulation menu display unit is, in the case where the obtained state information indicates the power-off state, operable to judge which of the one or more menu items are executable in the power-off state, and to display the manipulation menu such that the one or more menu items which are judged as being executable in the power-off state are included in the manipulation menu, and the one or more menu items which are not judged as being executable in the power-off state are not included in the manipulation menu.