Patent ID: 7523407

Claim:
An information processing apparatus for being connected to an external electronic device to communicate with, and set up the external electronic device, the apparatus comprising: a display device including a screen; a display controller which selectively controls, in each one of a plurality of setup-image display control modes, the display device to selectively display, on the screen thereof, a corresponding one of a plurality of setup images respectively used to input, to the apparatus, a plurality of batches of setup information to set up the external electronic device; a first input portion which receives any one of a plurality of mode-selection commands inputted by a user; a mode selector which selects, when the first input portion receives said one mode-selection command, a corresponding one of the setup-image display control modes, and causes the display controller to control, in the selected setup-image display control mode, the display device to display a corresponding one of the setup images that is used by the user to input a corresponding one batch of setup information of the plurality of batches of setup information; a second input portion which receives said one batch of setup information inputted by the user; and a setup-information transmitter which transmits the inputted batch of setup information to the external electronic device so as to set up the external electronic device.