Patent ID: 7802190

Claim:
An application display apparatus comprising: a connection terminal to which electronic devices having means for loading contents are connected, wherein the application display apparatus is an information device having a means for reproducing the contents stored in said electronic devices by installing applications stored in an information medium, wherein said information device comprises: means for detecting a connection to said electronic devices; means for generating a menu list including a first plurality of applications corresponding to a first of said electronic devices when connection to the first electronic device to said information device is detected, and automatically updating the menu list to include a second plurality of applications corresponding to a second of said electronic devices when connection to the second electronic device to said information device is detected, wherein the first and second plurality of applications correspond to operations respectively performed by the first and second electronic devices; and means for displaying the automatically updated menu list, such that the first and second plurality of applications respectively corresponding to the first and second electronic devices are contained in a single updated menu list, and for activating predetermined applications that are selected from said menu list to prompt performance of operations by the first and second electronic devices corresponding to the selected predetermined applications.