Patent ID: 6970949
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer program product residing on a computer usable medium for managing a plurality of devices connected to a computer, said computer program product comprising: program code means for managing setting information associated with each of said plurality of devices by recording said setting information in a setting information database using a layered structure; program code means for adding setting information for a new device to said setting information database when an existing device is replacing by said new device; program code means for determining whether or not said existing device and said new device have a predetermined relationship, in response to a user request for managing setting information of a low level device of said existing device; and program code means for changing setting information for said low level device, from previously being managed as a lower layer of said existing device to being managed as a lower layer of said new device and for recording said changed setting information in said setting information database, in response to a determination that said existing device and said new device have a predetermined relationship.