Patent ID: 7191245

Claim:
An information processing apparatus characterized by comprising: network connection means for connecting to a predetermined network; first information acquisition means for acquiring first unit-related information which includes at least unit identification information for identifying a non-networked unit that does not have a structure for connecting to the network; second information acquisition means for acquiring second unit-related information that has a predetermined information content related to the non-networked unit identified by the first unit-related information; entry means for entering service information indicating a service content suited to the non-networked unit in a predetermined entry area, according to the first unit-related information and the second unit-related information; interface means for implementing a predetermined interface between the information processing apparatus and the non-networked unit; and interface using means for using the interface means in a predetermined form such that the non-networked unit executes a predetermined operation according to the service information entered in the entry area, wherein the first information acquisition means comprises: communication means being capable of radio-communicating to receive at the first information acquisition means first unit related information stored in memory element coupled to the non-networked unit; and reading means for reading the first unit-related information from the memory element accessed by the communication means.