Patent ID: 6609162
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A controlling method in a data processing system having a server and a plurality of data processing terminals, said method comprising:a gathering step of gathering function information indicating a function of each of the plurality of data processing terminals from a corresponding one of the plurality of data processing terminals; a first storing step of storing the gathered function information in a first database of the server; a producing step of producing a transfer-path profile indicating each function realizable by combining some of the plurality of data processing terminals, based on the function information gathered in said gathering step; a second storing step of storing the transfer-path profile in a second database of the server; and a transferring step of transferring the transfer-path profile produced in said producing step from the second database to one or more terminals of the plurality of data processing terminals, upon request from the one or more terminals.