Patent ID: 6928567

Claim:
An information processing system comprising: a first information processing apparatus and at least a second information processing apparatus which are connected so as to be capable of performing communication, wherein said first information processing apparatus comprises: a power-supply unit capable of supplying internal power using at least a battery, a power-supply information creation unit for creating power-supply information in which predetermined information about said power-supply unit is stored, and an information transmitter for transmitting said power-supply information to said second information processing apparatus; and said second information processing apparatus comprises: a controller for performing control so as to obtain a predetermined operation in the information processing system based on the received power-supply information, wherein said controller can perform a control process for limiting a data recording operation in such a manner as to comply with each recording method which is made possible by said first information processing apparatus comprising a recording/reproducing unit capable of recording and/or reading data in such a manner as to correspond to a predetermined recording medium in accordance with a remaining battery level of said first information processing apparatus, which is obtained based on the contents stored in the received power-supply information.