Patent ID: 7543083
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for identifying a type of a peripheral connected to an information processing apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a peripheral-information reading unit that reads and acquires information relating to the peripheral from the information processing apparatus using at least one of systems whose application order is predetermined; a peripheral-information storing unit that stores in advance specification information of a peripheral to be connected to the information processing apparatus; and a peripheral-type identifying unit that collates the information acquired by the peripheral-information reading unit with the specification information stored in the peripheral-information storing unit to identify the type of the peripheral connected to the information processing apparatus, wherein the peripheral-information reading unit includes: an SMBIOS reading unit that reads information stored in an SMBIOS information storage unit to acquire the information relating to the peripheral; an extended BIOS reading unit that reads information stored in an extended BIOS information storage unit to acquire the information relating to the peripheral, when the SMBIOS reading unit cannot acquire the information relating to the peripheral from the SMBIOS information storage unit; and a registry reading unit that reads information stored in a registry information storage unit to acquire the information relating to the peripheral, when the extended BIOS reading unit cannot acquire the information relating to the peripheral from the extended BIOS information storage unit.