Patent ID: 7937733

Claim:
An information processing system comprising: a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus coupled to each other through communications means, wherein the first information processing apparatus includes a transmitting/receiving unit effecting two-way communications with the second information processing apparatus, and a control unit that transmits data corresponding to a received operating signal from the transmitting/receiving unit to the second information processing apparatus in response to an operating signal transmitted from the second information processing apparatus, and to perform control of the first information processing apparatus; the second information processing apparatus includes: a transmitting/receiving unit effecting two-way communications with the first information processing apparatus, a display apparatus displaying an image based on the data transmitted from the first information processing apparatus, and a control unit that displays, on a screen of the display apparatus, a first operating image for operating the first information processing apparatus and a second operating image for operating a menu screen related to the first information processing apparatus, in response to a remote controller signal supplied from a remote controller; and wherein the control unit of the second information processing apparatus transmits an operating signal corresponding to an operating item from the transmitting/receiving unit to the first information processing apparatus, if with respect to the first operating image, an enter key on the remote controller is operated after an operation of a direction key on the remote controller and selection of a predetermined operating item included in the first operating image, and an operating signal corresponding to an operated key from the transmitting/receiving unit to the first information processing apparatus, if with respect to the second operating image, the direction key or the enter key of the remote controller corresponding to a predetermined direction-indicating direction key or an enter key included in the second operating image is operated, wherein the first operating image includes a selectable item corresponding to a plurality of keys on the remote controller respectively included in the second operating image, each of the keys included in the second operating image being other than keys displayed on the screen of the display apparatus when the first operating image is displayed on the screen of the display apparatus, wherein the control unit of the second information processing apparatus displays by switching the first operating image displayed on the screen of the display apparatus to the second operating image when the remote controller is operated to supply a remote controller signal for displaying the plurality of keys on the remote controller corresponding to the selectable item in the first operating image while the first operating image is displayed on the screen of the display apparatus.