Patent ID: 8755077

Claim:
A device information providing system, comprising: a main electronic device including: a main-side external communication unit configured to communicate with an information processing device; a main-side inter-device communication unit; a main-side HTTP server configured to provide a main-side page including a Web page of the main electronic device; and a main-side communication control unit configured to: (i) disconnect a main-side normal connection between the information processing device and the main-side HTTP server via the main-side external communication unit when a connection to a sub-side switching URL is requested by the information processing device while the main-side normal connection is established, and (ii) establish a main-side transfer connection between the information processing device and a sub-side HTTP server via the main-side external communication unit, the main-side inter-device communication unit, and a sub-side inter-device communication unit; and a sub-electronic device including: the sub-side inter-device communication unit configured to communicate with the main-side inter-device communication unit; and the sub-side HTTP server configured to provide a sub-side page to which the sub-side switching URL used to switch the connection is assigned, the sub-side page comprising a Web page of the sub-electronic device, wherein the main-side inter-device communication unit is configured to communicate with the sub-electronic device.