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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Ryoichi Nakashima, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoichi Nakashima, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes: a first connection section to which a first power-supply device is connected; a second connection section to which a second power-supply device is connected; a setting determiner that determines whether or not identification information is to be set for each power-supply device on the basis of connection states and setting control information; an authenticator that selectively obtains, when the setting determiner determines that identification information is not to be set, identification information from the power-supply devices connected to each connection section and that authenticates the obtained identification information; an identification-information setter that causes, when the setting determiner determines that identification information is to be set, unique identification information to be set for each power-supply device; and a processor that selectively performs executable power-supply-related processing on the basis of a result of the authentication or the identification-information setting and of processing control information.