Patent ID: 7392299
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A configuration setting system for a network system including a plurality of electronic devices communicably connected to a network, said configuration setting system setting a configuration of an electronic device based on a configuration of another electronic device that functions as a model device, said plurality of electronic devices including a candidate electronic device to operate as the model device, said candidate electronic device being provided with: a checking system that checks whether there is a currently operating model device on said network when said candidate electronic device is to function as the model device; a determining system that determines, when said checking system detects the model device, only one of said candidate electronic device and the currently operating model device as a new model device; and a configuration sending system that sends configuration information of the candidate electronic device to said plurality of electronic devices when the candidate electronic device is determined as the new model device by the determining system; wherein said currently operating model device is configured such that whether a a function of the model device is to be maintained is set, and wherein said determining system determines that the currently operating model device as the model device when said currently operating model device is configured such that the function of the model device is to be maintained.