Patent ID: 7210011
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information processing system including: a first information processing apparatus having a first communication port for transmitting and receiving data; a second information processing apparatus having a second communication port for transmitting and receiving data; and a communicating portion for executing bi-directional communication between the first communication port and the second communication port, the information processing system comprising: a utilizing portion for utilizing the communicating portion, for communication in a direction for which a first application program run on the first information processing apparatus sets the first communication port and the second communication port respectively as the sender and the destination of data; another utilizing portion for utilizing the communicating portion, for communication in a direction for which a second application program run on the second information processing apparatus sets the second communication port and the first communication port respectively as the sender and the destination of data; and a path unit management table, each of the first and second application programs being operable to form and re-form a path for communication between the first and second information processing apparatus, thereby controlling a direction of communications in the path, by setting path information in the path unit management table.