IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND CLIENT PROGRAM

An in-vehicle information processing apparatus includes a client processing unit configured to be provided with a service and perform processing, the client processing unit receives, from a server processing unit configured to provide a service, a service providing message that includes identification information and version information of a service to be provided, determines whether or not the version information included in the received service providing message and version information of a service that the client processing unit desires to be provided match, and, if it is determined that the two types of version information do not match, the client processing unit examines whether or not it is possible to receive the service with different version information, and, if it is possible to receive the service with different version information based on an examination result, the client processing unit receives the service and performs processing.