Patent ID: 8345040

Claim:
An information processing system, comprising: a data input apparatus for inputting data; and an information processing apparatus for displaying input data input by the data input apparatus on a display screen, wherein the information processing apparatus includes a display control portion for displaying the input data and a setting dialog for setting predetermined conditions relating to the input data on the display screen, and a display state determining portion for determining a display state of the input data and the setting dialog, and the display control portion controls a display position of the setting dialog based on a determination result by the display state determining portion, when the display state determining portion determines that the input data is not displayed on the display screen, or that the input data is displayed on the display screen and there is no area where the setting dialog can be displayed without overlapping the input data, then the display control portion displays the setting dialog at the center of the display screen, when the display state determining portion determines that there are a plurality of input data displayed on the display screen and there is no area where the setting dialog can be displayed without overlapping the plurality of input data, and the display state determining portion further determines an overlapping order of the plurality of input data, then the display control portion controls the display position of the setting dialog based on a determination result of the overlapping order by the display state determining portion.