Patent ID: 8631167

Claim:
An information processing apparatus with a plurality of USB (universal serial bus) ports to which USB devices can be connected, the information processing apparatus comprising: detection means for detecting the USB port of the plurality of USB ports to which the USB device that is in a course of data communication is connected, and for determining whether the USB device is one of an audio class type and a mass storage class type; reproduction control means for automatically reproducing data recorded in the USB device in response to the detecting means determining that the USB device is of the audio class type, the reproduction control means automatically reproducing the data independent of a user input operation; first display control means for displaying on a display unit, provided in a position corresponding to the detected USB port, that the USB device connected to the detected USB port is in the course of data communication; and second display control means for displaying information on each of the USB devices connected to the USB ports on a display panel, the information being displayed including whether each of the USB devices is one of the audio class type and the mass storage class type, a device name of each of the USB devices, a number of pieces of data recorded in each of the USB devices, and a hierarchical structure of the data recorded in each of the USB devices.