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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Masahito Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Takayama, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Kajita, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Negishi, Fujisawa, JP;
Shin Muto, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoki Tsuchitoi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Each of input and output devices previously forms device profile, and a host computer acquires virtual input/output device information including a pair of ideal input and output devices on the basis of the device profiles of these devices. If the virtual input/output device information is acquired, the input device demands to acquire a transfer path profile included in the virtual input/output device information, and then demands if the transfer path profile is acquired the output device registered in the acquired transfer path profile to connect a line. If the line connection is established, the input device performs data inputting such that the acquired transfer path profile is reflected in the device setting, and then it transfers the input data to the desired output device.