Patent ID: 8988722
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G06F,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A cooperative processing system including an operation terminal and a cooperative processing device connected to each other, the cooperative processing system being connectable to a plurality of electronic devices, the cooperative processing system performing a cooperative process causing one of the plurality of electric devices to function as an input device to cause electronic data to be input therefrom and one of the plurality of electric devices to function as an output device to output the electronic data, the cooperative processing system comprising: an obtaining unit provided in the operation terminal and configured to obtain input device information from the input device to specify the input device from the plurality of electronic devices and output device information from the output device to specify the output device from the plurality of electronic devices; an input control unit configured to cause the input device specified by the input device information to input the electronic data therefrom through a first interface according to the input device information; and an output control unit configured to cause the output device specified by the output device information to output the electronic data through a second interface according to the output device information in an output format appropriate for the output device, wherein the input device information contains first connection information to connect the cooperative processing system to at least one electronic device specified by the input device information and first information to determine the first interface retained by the at least one electronic device, and the output device information contains second connection information to connect the cooperative processing system to at least one electronic device specified by the output device information and second information to determine the second interface retained by the at least one electronic device.