Apparatus and method for information processing according to production information

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus comprising:

• receiving an operating instruction input into an operating unit;
• controlling an information processing apparatus in accordance with the operating instruction input into the operating unit;
• acquiring display information corresponding to a content displayed on a display device in inputting the operating instruction whenever the operating instruction is input into the operating unit;
• sequentially storing operation information corresponding to the operating instruction input into the operating unit and the display information corresponding to the content displayed on the display in inputting the operating instruction as one set of reproduction information in an external storage medium whenever the operating instruction is input into the operating unit;
• reading one set of the reproduction information stored in the external storage medium in an order in which the operating instruction is input to the operating unit;
• acquiring display information corresponding to a content displayed on the display in accordance with the reading of the one set of the reproduction information;
• determining whether the acquired display information corresponding to the content displayed on the display in accordance with the reading of one set of the reproduction information coincides with the display information included in the read reproduction information;
• and
• controlling the information processing apparatus in accordance with the operating instruction included in the read reproduction information when the acquired display information corresponding to the content displayed on the display in accordance with the reading of one set of the reproduction information coincides with the display information included in the read reproduction information, and inhibiting the control of the information processing apparatus in accordance with the operating instruction included in the read reproduction information when the acquired display information corresponding to the content displayed on the display in accordance with the reading of one set of the reproduction information does not coincide with the display information included in the read reproduction information.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• an operating unit into which an operating instruction is input;
• a display;
• an attaching unit to which an external storage medium is attachable;
• executing means for executing control of an information processing apparatus in accordance with the operating instruction input into the operating unit;
• operating state display information acquiring means for acquiring display information corresponding to a content displayed on the display in inputting the operating instruction whenever the operating instruction is input into the operating unit;
• reproduction information storing means for sequentially storing operation information corresponding to the operating instruction input into the operating unit and the display information acquired by the operating state display information acquiring means as one set of reproduction information in the external storage medium whenever the operating instruction is input into the operating unit;
• reading means for reading one set of the reproduction information stored in the external storage medium by the reproduction information storing means in an order in which the operating instruction is input to the operating unit;
• reading state display information acquire means for acquiring the display information corresponding to a content displayed on the display in accordance with the reading of the one set of the reproduction information by the reading means;
• determining means for determining whether the display information acquired by the reading state display information acquiring means coincides with the display information included in the reproduction information read by the reading means;
• and
• execution inhibiting means for inhibiting the control of the information processing apparatus executed by the execution means in accordance with the operating instruction included in the reproduction information read by the reading means when the display information acquired by the reading state display information acquiring means does not coincide with the display information included in the reproduction information read by the reading means,
• wherein the executing means executes the control of the information processing apparatus in accordance with the operating instruction included in the reproduction information read by the reading means when the display information acquired by the reading state display information acquiring means coincides with the display information included in the reproduction information read by the reading means.