Patent ID: 8878994

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a wireless communication module; a first information receiver configured to receive first information associated with a display function of an external device from the external device by wireless communication by the wireless communication module; an operation screen transmitter configured to generate an operation screen for the external device to operate the apparatus based on the first information received by the first information receiver, and to transmit a video signal of the generated operation screen to the external device by wireless communication by the wireless communication module; a second information receiver configured to receive second information associated with content of an operation on an operation screen from the external device by wireless communication by the wireless communication module, the operation screen being displayed using the video signal transmitted by the operation screen transmitter, the second information comprising, coordinate data indicative of an operation position on the operation screen displayed on the external device; and a controller configured to analyze the content of the operation on the operation screen based on the coordinate data in the second information received by the second information receiver, and to control operation of the apparatus based on result of analysis of the content of the operation.