Patent ID: 7587586
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A recording medium carrying a communication setup program for setting communication data for an application, the communication setup program, when executed by a computer, providing: a device selection input module configured to receive selection of a target device from among one or more devices accessible by the computer; a related application extraction module configured to extract each application that supports the selected target device from among a plurality of applications installed on the computer; a communication data setup input module configured to receive communication data for communicating with the selected target device, the received communication data being stored in a storage medium together with a communication data ID; a communication data ID output module configured to provide the communication data ID to each extracted application when that application is loaded; and a displayed dialog box, functionally associated with the device selection input module and the communication data setup input module, for selecting the target device and setting the communication data, the dialog box including an enabled start button for loading each application that supports the selected target device and a disabled start button for preventing the loading of any application that does not support the selected target device.