Patent ID: 8665336

Claim:
An imaging apparatus communicable with an external apparatus, the imaging apparatus comprising: a determination unit configured to determine whether an operation mode of the imaging apparatus is a reproduction mode, in which media content is reproduced from a storage medium, or a recording mode; a notification unit configured to notify media content and control content to the external apparatus, the media content being stored in a storage medium of the imaging apparatus, the control content corresponding to controlling the imaging apparatus; and a control unit configured to, in accordance with the notified control content being requested from the external apparatus, perform control corresponding to the requested control content, wherein the notification unit notifies the media content in a case where the determination unit determines that the operation mode of the imaging apparatus is the reproduction mode and notifies the control content in a case where the determination unit determines that the operation mode of the imaging apparatus is the recording mode, wherein the notification unit further notifies operation mode content associated with the operation mode of the imaging apparatus before notifying the control content, and wherein the imaging apparatus further comprises an operation mode control unit configured to set an operation mode of the imaging apparatus in accordance with the operation mode content being requested from the external apparatus.