Information Processing System, Information Processing Terminal, and File Management Method

An information processing system including a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, a wireless communication device which wirelessly connects the first terminal, the second terminal, and the third terminal with each other for communication, wherein the first terminal, the second terminal, and the third terminal respectively have a file system, the information processing system comprising:

• a GUI providing unit that provides a display screen of the second terminal with a GUI of the file system;
• an operation reception unit that receives a user operation carried out on a GUI screen provided by said GUI providing unit;
• an operation determination unit that determines whether a user operation received by said operation reception unit is an operation relating to at least either one of the first terminal and the third terminal or not;
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• an activation unit that, upon said operation determination unit determining that the user operation is an operation relating to at least either one of the first terminal and the third terminal, controls the wireless communication device to transmit an instruction to turn on a power supply of the terminal to be operated to the terminal to be operated, and simultaneously carries out a process to wirelessly connect the terminal to be operated and the second terminal with each other.

An information processing terminal comprising:

• a GUI providing unit that provides a display screen with a GUI of a file system;
• an operation reception unit that receives a user operation carried out on a GUI screen provided by said GUI providing unit;
• an operation determination unit that determines whether a user operation received by said operation reception unit is an operation relating to other terminal or not;
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• an activation unit that, upon said operation determination unit determining that the user operation is an operation relating to other terminal, controls a wireless communication device to transmit an instruction to turn on a power supply of the other terminal to the other terminal, and simultaneously carries out a process to wirelessly connect to the other terminal via the wireless communication device.

A file management method for an information processing system including a vehicle onboard machine installed on a vehicle, an information processing terminal provided outside the vehicle, and a wireless communication device which wirelessly connects the vehicle onboard machine and the information processing terminal with each other to wirelessly communicate a file wherein the vehicle onboard machine and the information processing terminal respectively have a file system, the file management method comprising:

• a first step of providing a display screen of the information processing terminal with a GUI of the file system;
• a second step of receiving a user operation carried out on a GUI screen provided by said first step;
• a third step of determining whether the user operation received by said second step is an operation to move or copy a file to the vehicle onboard machine;
• a fourth step of, upon said third step determining that the user operation is the operation to move or copy a file to the vehicle onboard machine, controlling the wireless communication device to transmit an instruction to turn on a power supply of the vehicle onboard machine to the vehicle onboard machine, and simultaneously carrying out a process to wirelessly connect the vehicle onboard machine and the information processing terminal with each other via the wireless communication device;
• a fifth step of determining whether there is reached a state where the vehicle onboard machine and the information processing terminal can wirelessly communicate with each other via the wireless communication device as a result of the process carried out by said fourth step;
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• a sixth step of, upon said fifth step determining that there is reached the state where the vehicle onboard machine and the information processing terminal can wirelessly communicate with each other, moving or copying the file specified by the user operation to the vehicle onboard machine.