Patent ID: 8612653

Claim:
An information processing apparatus in a camera comprising: a plurality of removable data-recordable recording media; an operation unit configured to receive a camera operation; a communication unit configured to output data stored on the recording media to an external device; and a controller configured to display a function selection screen including a menu of selectable communication standards and selectable recording media on a display unit, the function selection screen being configured to receive a selection command specifying a communication standard corresponding to outputting of data to the external device as an output data mode and a recording medium, of the plurality of data-recordable recording media, as an output data source, the controller being configured to control the information processing apparatus in the camera based on the selection command received by the function selection screen via the operation unit, wherein the controller outputs, based on the selection command, data recorded on the selected recording medium to the external device via the communication unit in accordance with the output data mode, further displays, in response to receiving a selection to end the output of data on the selected recording medium, a selection screen having a terminate selection configured to terminate the output of data via the communication unit, and a change connection selection that displays, in response to being selected, the function selection screen to receive a new selection to change one of the previously selected output data source from which data is output via the communication unit and the previously selected output data mode, and outputs the data to the external device based on the new selection from the function selection screen, wherein, when the information processing apparatus in the camera communicates with the external device in accordance with the output data mode and the information processing apparatus in the camera is disconnected from the external device, the controller maintains the output data mode of the information processing apparatus in the camera set at a time the information processing apparatus in the camera was disconnected from the external device.