Patent ID: 6553431
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An information processing system in which at least one or more input devices for inputting data, a plurality of output devices for outputting the input data, and an information processing device for controlling processing of the input data, are connected through a network, wherein,said information processing device comprises: device information acquirement means for acquiring device information of each said input device and each of said output devices; search means for searching for corresponding output devices that are capable of outputting data input from each said input device on a basis of an acquirement result of said device information acquirement means; and registration means for registering virtual input/output device information on a basis of a search result of said search means, and wherein said input device comprises: virtual device information acquirement means for acquiring the virtual input/output device information registered by the registration means; and transfer means for directly transferring the data input at the input device to said output device designated by the virtual input/output device information.