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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Atsushi Katano, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsuhiro Otaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuyuki Honjo, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A connection expansion device connected to devices includes a plurality of ports to which devices are connected, a storage unit configured to record device information obtained from each port, and a processing unit configured to specify, based on the device information, a port in which an abnormal device exists, invalidate device information belonging to the port, and cause the storage unit to hold device information of a normal device.