Patent ID: 8095709

Claim:
A connected device display name editing apparatus comprising: a connection module to which a device is connectable based on a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) standard; a device information acquisition module configured to acquire, in accordance with a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) standard, a display name of the device connected through the connection module; a storage module configured to store a plurality of display names, including the display name acquired by the device information acquisition module for the device that has been connected at least once to the connection module, and the display name registered by a user for the device; a device name display module configured to output the display name of the device; and a device name editing module configured to allow the user to change the display name of the device through a character input, while displaying a list of the plurality of display names of the devices stored in the storage module and allowing the user to selectively utilize the display names included in the list being displayed, to thereby allow the user to change the display name of the device.