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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
May. 23, 2000
Junji Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiko Nakano, Kanagawa, JP;
Masao Mizutani, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiko Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus in a bus system consisting of electronic devices and one or more information processing apparatus to control the electronic devices. The apparatus includes a storage means for storing management information of control software elements for controlling the electronic devices; an acquisition means for acquiring a change of the connection state of each electronic device to a bus constituting the bus system; and an execution means for executing assignment of the control software element, which is used for controlling the electronic device relevant to the acquired change of the connection state, on the basis of the connection state change acquired by the acquisition means. The acquisition means further serves to acquire device attribute information relative to the electronic devices, and the execution means makes a decision, on the basis of such device attribute information, as to whether the electronic device is the one controllable by the information processing apparatus and executes the assignment in accordance with the result of such a decision as well. In this apparatus, the routine of assigning the control software elements can be completed fast.