Patent ID: 7313612
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus which manages a first shared device and a third shared device, and communicates with another information processing apparatus which manages a second shared device, comprising: selection means for selecting symbols of the first shared device and the second shared device using a graphical user interface; determination means for determining the other information processing apparatus, which manages the second shared device selected by said selection means; reception means for receiving information of the second shared device selected by said selection means from the other information processing apparatus determined by said determination means, the received information including information of the second shared device comprising an updated status and a connected condition; recognition means for recognizing whether at least one of the first and second shared devices has been updated regarding its status, in accordance with the information received by said reception means; renewal means for updating the information on the status or a connected condition of the second shared device in accordance with a recognition result made by said recognition means; and display means for displaying the information on the status or the connected condition of the first shared device and the second shared device updated by said renewal means and information of the third shared device on a same screen of said display means, wherein the displayed information on the first shared device is updated and the information on the third shared device, which is managed by said information processing apparatus but not selected by said selection means, is not updated.