Patent ID: 8428572

Claim:
An information processing apparatus in which a plurality of multimedia functions are installed and which is capable of wireless communicating a counterpart apparatus, comprising: a setting unit configured to specify a method by which a multimedia function is selected from the plurality of multimedia functions; and a control unit configured to start up a multimedia function selected by the specified method upon receiving a remote-control command sent from the counterpart apparatus, wherein the setting unit selects from a fixed setting method, a priority-based setting method and an auto setting method as the specified method in response to a user operation, wherein the fixed setting method comprises starting up one of the plurality of multimedia functions that is pre-selected and fixed in advance by a user operation, the priority-based setting method comprises starting up one of the plurality of multimedia functions that is selected according to a priority order preset by a user operation, and the auto setting method comprises starting up one of the plurality of multimedia functions that is automatically selected in response to a radio-wave-reception condition existing at a time of starting up.