Patent ID: 7457942
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A PC card control device, comprising: a connector; and a PC card identifying part configured to identify a type of a card connected with the connector, the PC card identifying part including, an identification information acquisition part configured to acquire identification information of the connected card from the connected card with a method conforming to a standard; a first recording part recording pieces of first card information and pieces of first identification information of one or more types of PC cards conforming to the standard; and a second recording part recording pieces of second card information and pieces of second identification of one or more types of expansion cards not conforming to the standard, wherein the PC card identifying part identifies the type of the connected card based upon the identification information of the connected card acquired by the identification information acquisition part and at least the pieces of second identification information recorded in the second recording part, and to output a result of identifying the type of the connected card and card information of the connected card.