Information processing apparatus, information processing method, recording medium and program

1. An information processing apparatus which is capable of executing applications, comprising:

first control means for controlling a system of the information processing apparatus; and

second control means for controlling the execution of the applications, and

wherein the second control means includes

state transition control means for defining states of application not dependent on the system and controlling transitions of the defined states, the defined states including at least a state in which content is not selected, a stop state, a playing state and a pause state; and

conversion means for converting a command into a format which can be recognized by the system when the command instructing a state transition to the state transition control means is issued;

wherein the state transition control means judges whether the state transition is possible or not by the command, based on the defined state when the command instructing the state transition is issued; and

wherein the conversion means converts the command into the format which can be recognized by the system only when the state transition is judged to be possible by the state transition control means.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the conversion means possesses information showing relation between commands which can be recognized by the system and by the state transition control means respectively.

3. An information processing apparatus which is capable of executing applications, comprising:

a first control unit configured to control a system of the information processing apparatus; and

a second control unit configured to control the execution of the applications, and

wherein the second control unit includes

a state transition control unit configured to define states of application not dependent on the system and controlling transitions of the defined states, the defined states including at least a state in which content is not selected, a stop state, a playing state and a pause state, and

a conversion unit configured to convert a command into a format which can be recognized by the system when the command instructing a state transition to the state transition control unit is issued,

wherein the state transition control unit judges whether the state transition is possible or not by the command, based on the defined state when the command instructing the state transition is issued, and

wherein the conversion unit converts the command into the format which can be recognized by the system only when the state transition is judged to be possible by the state transition control unit.