Patent ID: 7574658
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A state display apparatus for displaying a state of a respective electronic device which is communicably connected to said apparatus through a communication network on a monitor, comprising: a function data obtaining section to obtain function data including data of images schematically illustrating functions of the respective electronic device possessed by the respective electronic device from the respective electronic device through the communication network and representing states of possession of an optional function in the respective electronic device; a state data obtaining section to obtain state data indicating the state of the respective electronic device from the respective electronic device through the communication network; a display controller to display, on the basis of said state data obtained by said state data obtaining section, information concerning the state of the respective electronic device on the monitor, using said function data; a connection recognizing section to recognize a connection of an additional electronic device to said apparatus through the communication network, the additional electronic device storing function data including data of images schematically illustrating functions possessed by the additional electronic device; a management section to manage the respective electronic device and the additional electronic device, the connection of which as been recognized by the connection recognizing section, through the communication network; and a judging section judging whether or not the additional electronic device, the connection of which as been recognized by the connection recognizing section, is identical to the respective electronic device, wherein