Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and information processing system

An information processing method, comprising:

• setting, by a setting unit, as a main input apparatus, one of a plurality of input apparatuses connected to a connection unit to output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen, and setting the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses;
• exclusively validating, by a controller, execution of processing for the image based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus;
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• executing, by a processing execution unit, the processing for the image based on the operation information.

A program causing a computer to operate as:

• a connection unit configured to be capable of connecting a plurality of input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen;
• a processing execution unit configured to be capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on the image displayed on the screen;
• a setting unit configured to set one of the plurality of input apparatuses connected by the connection unit, as a main input apparatus, and set the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses;
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• a controller configured to perform control such that execution of the processing for the image by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is exclusively validated.

An information processing system, comprising:

• a plurality of input apparatuses that output operation information for executing an operation for an image displayed on a screen;
• a setting unit configured to set one of the plurality of input apparatuses as a main input apparatus, and set the other input apparatuses as secondary input apparatuses;
• a display configured to display, as the screen, a shared screen and an individual screen, the shared screen displaying an image as an operation target for a user using the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus and a plurality of pointers indicating positions designated by the plurality of input apparatuses, the individual screen of each input apparatus displaying an image as an operation target for a user using one of the input apparatuses set as the secondary input apparatuses and a pointer designated by the input apparatus;
• a processing execution unit configured to be capable of executing processing corresponding to the operation information on each of the images displayed on the shared screen and the individual screen;
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• a controller configured to perform control such that execution of the processing for the image displayed on the shared screen by the processing execution unit based on the operation information from the input apparatus set as the main input apparatus is exclusively validated.