Information processing apparatus
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus in which a plurality of information processing programs can be operated and a recording format of information to be processed by program operation is predetermined for each of the information processing programs, the apparatus comprising:
- medium loading means for removably receiving an information recording medium capable of recording a plurality of pieces of information, the medium loading means being adapted to be able to read out the information recorded on the information recording medium when the information recording medium is loaded therein;
control means for performing control so that, upon loading of the information recording medium to the medium loading means, a first piece of information recorded on the information recording medium is read out in accordance with a predetermined ordering criterion, an information processing program that matches the recording format of the first piece of information is selectively activated to process the first piece of information and, when reading out second and subsequent pieces of information from the information recording medium, the information recorded in the recording format that can be processed by the information processing program is sequentially read out in accordance with the ordering criterion; and
storage means which stores data for reading out the information from the information recording medium in accordance with the ordering criterion.
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Abstract
An object of the invention is to facilitate the convenience of users by making provisions so that the selection of data and an application program to be activated can be automatically made by just loading a recording medium. When a memory card is loaded into a receiving compartment of an automotive information processing apparatus, recorded information such as music or images is selected based on such data as a playback log, and played back in accordance with a predetermined ordering criterion, for example, in order of date/time of recording, date/time of use, frequency of use, etc. The application program used to play back the information is also activated automatically.
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1. An information processing apparatus in which a plurality of information processing programs can be operated and a recording format of information to be processed by program operation is predetermined for each of the information processing programs, the apparatus comprising:
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medium loading means for removably receiving an information recording medium capable of recording a plurality of pieces of information, the medium loading means being adapted to be able to read out the information recorded on the information recording medium when the information recording medium is loaded therein;
control means for performing control so that, upon loading of the information recording medium to the medium loading means, a first piece of information recorded on the information recording medium is read out in accordance with a predetermined ordering criterion, an information processing program that matches the recording format of the first piece of information is selectively activated to process the first piece of information and, when reading out second and subsequent pieces of information from the information recording medium, the information recorded in the recording format that can be processed by the information processing program is sequentially read out in accordance with the ordering criterion; and
storage means which stores data for reading out the information from the information recording medium in accordance with the ordering criterion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
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15. An information processing apparatus in which a plurality of information processing programs can be operated and a recording format of information to be processed by program operation is predetermined for each of the information processing programs, the apparatus comprising:
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medium loading means for removably receiving an information recording medium capable of recording a plurality of pieces of information, the medium loading means being adapted to be able to read out the information recorded on the information recording medium when the information recording medium is loaded therein;
candidate presenting means which, upon detecting the loading of the information recording medium to the medium loading means, searches the kinds of the recording formats of the information recorded on the loaded information recording medium and, of the plurality of information processing programs, presents as candidates the information processing programs that can process the information of the thus searched recording formats;
operation input means for accepting an input operation for selecting one of the candidates presented by the candidate presenting means; and
control means for activating the information processing program selected from among the candidates in response to the input operation performed on the operation input means, and for performing control so that the information recorded on the information recording medium is sequentially read out in accordance with a predetermined ordering criterion from among the information of the recording format to be processed by the selected information processing program.
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19. A computer readable recording medium on which a program is recorded which causes a computer to implement the steps of:
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in response to loading an information recording medium capable of recording a plurality of pieces of information to medium loading means for removably receiving the information recording medium, retrieving a plurality of pieces of information recorded in the information recording medium and data for reading out the plurality of pieces of information in accordance with a predetermined ordering criterion stored in storage means;
reading out the data from the storage means;
reading out a first piece of information recorded on the information recording medium, in accordance with the predetermined ordering criterion;
selectively activating an information processing program that matches a recording format of the first piece of information, out of a plurality of information processing programs, and processing the first piece of information; and
reading out second and subsequent pieces of information recorded in a recording format that can be processed by the information processing program, in accordance with the ordering criterion, and processing the second and subsequent pieces of information.
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20. A computer readable recording medium on which a program is recorded which causes a computer to implement the steps of:
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in response to loading an information recording medium capable of recording a plurality of pieces of information to medium loading means for removably receiving the information recording medium, retrieving a recording format of information recorded in the information recording medium loaded to the medium loading means;
presenting as candidates information processing programs that can process information of thus retrieved recording format, out of a plurality of information processing programs;
in response to an operation of selection from among the presented candidates by a user, activating an information processing program selected; and
sequentially reading out the information recorded on the information recording medium in accordance with a predetermined ordering criterion from among the information of the recording format to be processed by the selected information processing program.
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