Patent ID: 7421123

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: image acquiring means for acquiring an objective image; identification information recognizing means for recognizing, from the objective image acquired by said image acquiring means, identification information corresponding to a specific image pattern; decision means for deciding whether said identification information recognized by said identification information recognizing means is local identification information for starting processing previously registered for each terminal or any one of a plurality of codes representing global identification information for starting processing common to a plurality of terminals; local executing means for executing, if said identification information is decided as the local identification information by said decision means, the processing previously registered for each terminal; global processing requesting means for requesting, if said identification information is determined by said decision means to be any one of said codes representing the global identification information, a global code server that searches an associated global database having a plurality of stored codes and corresponding information to determine if the requested identification information corresponds to one of said stored corresponding information, to execute the global processing corresponding to said identification information; and global processing result acquiring means for acquiring the result of said global processing by said global code server.