Information processing apparatus configured to adjust a display of an icon based on whether an associated application is executable on an external apparatus connected thereto, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium

An information processing method comprising:

• establishing a communication connection from an information processing apparatus to an external apparatus;
• acquiring a list of applications locally installed in the information processing apparatus that perform processing using functions of the external apparatus;
• querying the external apparatus for available function information indicating at least one function included in the external apparatus;
• collecting the available function information from the external apparatus;
• determining at least one piece of executable application software installed on the information processing apparatus among pieces of application software stored in a memory by comparing the list of applications locally installed on the information processing apparatus with the available function information acquired from the external apparatus;
• and
• displaying, on a display device, icons associated with the pieces of application software that are determined as being executable such that an icon associated with at least one piece of application software that is determined as being inexecutable is hidden, in the display device, at least one piece of application software that is determined as being inexecutable, the icons that are displayed being selectable to execute the pieces of application software associated therewith on the information processing apparatus.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including programmed instructions that cause a computer to execute:

• establishing a communication connection from an information processing apparatus to an external apparatus;
• acquiring a list of applications locally installed in the information processing apparatus that perform processing using functions of the external apparatus;
• querying the external apparatus for available function information indicating at least one function included in the external apparatus;
• collecting the available function information from the external apparatus;
• determining at least one piece of executable application software installed on the information processing apparatus among pieces of application software stored in a memory by comparing the list of applications locally installed on the information processing apparatus with the available function information acquired from the external apparatus;
• and
• displaying, on a display device, the pieces of application software that are determined as being executable;
• such that an icon associated with at least one piece of application software that is determined as being inexecutable is hidden, in the display device, at least one piece of application software that is determined as being inexecutable, the icons that are displayed being selectable to execute the pieces of application software associated therewith on the information processing apparatus.