Information processing apparatus, information processing method and program

A method for information processing by an information processing apparatus that is connected via a network to one or a plurality of remote apparatuses each of which processes information, the method comprising:

• detecting that an imaging apparatus is connected to the information processing apparatus;
• receiving imaging apparatus information including type information about a type of the imaging apparatus or type information about a type of a media data from the imaging apparatus;
• transmitting the imaging apparatus information to the plurality of remote apparatuses connected to the network;
• from a remote apparatus which includes associated application software, based on the imaging apparatus information, function information about a function of the application software;
• displaying the function information about the remote apparatus received by the function information receiving unit and function information about a function of the information processing apparatus which can be performed by the information processing apparatus itself based on the imaging apparatus information in a list;
• determining, according to processing to be performed on media data photographed by the imaging apparatus, whether the processing is performed by the information processing apparatus or by the remote apparatus;
• issuing, when it is determined that the processing is performed by the remote apparatus, an execution instruction to the remote apparatus capable of performing the processing to perform the processing on the media data;
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• receiving from the remote apparatus to which the execution instruction is issued, the media data on which the processing is performed.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions for controlling an information processing apparatus that is connected via a network to one or a plurality of remote apparatuses each of which processes information, the medium comprising:

• computer-executable instructions that detect that an imaging apparatus is connected to the information processing apparatus;
• computer-executable instructions that receive imaging apparatus information including type information about a type of the imaging apparatus or type information about a type of a media data from the imaging apparatus
• computer-executable instructions that transmit the imaging apparatus information to the plurality of remote apparatuses connected to the network;
• computer-executable instructions that receive information from a remote apparatus which includes associated application software, based on the imaging apparatus information, function information about a function of the application software;
• computer-executable instructions that display the function information about the remote apparatus received by the function information receiving unit and function information about a function of the information processing apparatus which can be performed by the information processing apparatus itself based on the imaging apparatus information in a list;
• computer-executable instructions that determine, according to processing to be performed on media data photographed by the imaging apparatus, whether the processing is performed by the information processing apparatus or by the remote apparatus;
• computer-executable instructions that issue, when it is determined that the processing is performed by the remote apparatus, an execution instruction to the remote apparatus capable of performing the processing to perform the processing on the media data;
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• computer-executable instructions that receive from the remote apparatus to which the execution instruction is issued, the media data on which the processing is performed.