Patent ID: 7515302

Claim:
An information processing system for displaying, on a display device, device operation state information including information indicating an operation state with respect to at least one of a plurality of in-vehicle devices mounted on a vehicle, the information processing system comprising: an identification information obtaining unit that obtains identification information of a user; an information selecting unit that selects a display target that is to be displayed on the display device based on the identification information of the user obtained; an information collecting unit that collects, from the vehicle, device operation state information corresponding to the display target selected; a display controlling unit that causes the display device to hierarchically display the device operation state information collected, by hierarchically classifying the device information collected; a selection determining unit that determines whether a device operation state information item of a plurality of device operation state information items included in the device operation state information displayed is selected, based on manipulation information generated by a manipulating unit that is manipulated by the user and then generates the manipulation information; and a device activating unit that causes, when a certain device operation state information item of the plurality of device operation state information items is determined to be selected, a certain in-vehicle device corresponding to the certain device operation state information item selected to execute a certain process, the plurality of in-vehicle devices including an in-vehicle device included in at least one of a power train system, a body system, and a safety system, and an information system including an audio device.