Patent ID: 7747779
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus which can communicate via a network with an external information processing apparatus which issues a disconnection notification based on a disconnection from the network, the information processing apparatus comprising: managing means for managing fixed identification information added to the external information processing apparatus and variable identification information added to the external information processing apparatus; obtaining means for obtaining the fixed identification information and the variable identification information from the external information processing apparatus; discriminating means for discriminating whether the variable identification information obtained by said obtaining means coincides with the variable identification information managed by said managing means and whether the fixed identification information obtained by said obtaining means coincides with the fixed identification information managed by said managing means; and setting means for, if said discriminating means discriminates that the fixed identification information obtained by said obtaining means coincides with the fixed identification information managed by said managing means and the variable identification information obtained by said obtaining means does not coincide with the variable identification information managed by said managing means, setting the variable identification information obtained by said obtaining means in a control program that controls the external information processing apparatus having the fixed identification information.