Abstract: An information processing apparatus for processing received information that is received from an exterior comprises: a processing information storing section for associatively storing, in advance, processing information indicative of processing of the received information in association with a key including at least a part of the received information; a processing information control section for extracting and supplying, as a key, at least a part of the received information to the processing information storing section, and for causing the processing information storing section to output the processing information associated with the received information; a sequencer for executing a sequence designated by the processing information outputted by the processing information storing section; and a received information processing section for processing the received information in accordance with the sequence executed by the sequencer.