Patent ID: 8547204

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a first connection section to which is connected a first power-supply device that has a power-feeding capability or power-feeding and charging capabilities and that is capable of storing unique first identification information; a second connection section to which is connected a second power-supply device that has a power-feeding capability and that is capable of storing unique second identification information; a setting determiner to determine whether identification information is to be set for each of the first power-supply device and the second power-supply device at least on a basis of a first state of connection of the first power-supply device to the first connection section, a second state of connection of the second power-supply device to the second connection section, and setting control information specifying whether identification information is to be set for each of the first power-supply device and the second power-supply device; an authenticator to selectively obtain, when the setting determiner determines that identification information is not to be set, the unique first identification information from the first power-supply device connected to the first connection section and the unique second identification information from the second power-supply device connected to the second connection section and to authenticate the obtained unique first and second identification information; a storage section for storing at least a third identification information associated with the information processing apparatus; an identification-information setter to generate, when the setting determiner determines that identification information is to be set, unique first identification information to be set for the first power-supply device connected to the first connection section, unique second identification information to be set for the second power-supply device connected to the second connection section, and unique third identification information indicating the information processing apparatus in association with each other and to cause the unique first identification information and the unique second identification information to be set for the first power-supply device and the second power-supply device, respectively; and a processor to selectively perform executable power-supply-related processing on at least a basis of a result of the authentication performed by the authenticator or a result of the processing performed by the identification-information setter and of processing control information specifying the executable power-supply-related processing corresponding to a combination of the unique first, second, and third identification information.