Patent 7107259 was granted and assigned to Pioneer Corporation on September, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In an example information processing apparatus, three information groups divided by type into general information, system-inherent information, and user information, are utilized to give operational directions. The information processing apparatus selects one or more best information from a plurality of input information based on the three information groups, whereby the best information can be selected with flexibility and high reliability.