Information processing apparatus, an information processing method and a medium

An information processing method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring an objective image;
• recognizing, from the objective image acquired in said acquiring step, identification information corresponding to a specific image pattern;
• determining whether said identification information recognized in said recognizing step is local identification information for starting processing previously registered for each terminal or any one of a plurality of codes representing global identification information for starting processing common to all terminals;
• locally executing, if said identification information is determined to be local identification information in said determining step, the processing previously registered for each terminal;
• requesting, if said identification information is determined at said determining step to be any one of said codes representing the global identification information, a global code server that searches an associated global database having a plurality of stored codes and corresponding information to determine if the requested identification information corresponds to one of said stored corresponding information, to execute the global processing corresponding to said identification information;
• and
• acquiring the result of said global processing by said global code server.

A medium storing information which allows an information processing apparatus to execute instructions to carry out a method comprising the steps of:

• acquiring an objective image;
• recognizing, from the objective image acquired in said acquiring step, identification information corresponding to a specific image pattern;
• determining whether said identification information recognized in said recognizing step is local identification information for starting processing previously registered for each terminal or any one of a plurality of codes representing global identification information for starting processing common to all terminals;
• locally executing, if said identification information is determined to be local identification information in said determining step, the processing previously registered for each terminal;
• requesting, if said identification information is determined at said determining step to be any one of said codes representing the global identification information, a global code server that searches an associated global database having a plurality of stored codes and corresponding information to determine if the requested identification information corresponds to one of said stored corresponding information, to execute the global processing corresponding to said identification information;
• and
• acquiring the result of said global processing by said global code server.