Patent ID: 8190792

Claim:
An input-output management device to which an input device and an output device are connected, and outputting to the output device a result of a process on input information received from the input device, comprising: a first connection device connecting a plurality of input devices; a second connection device connecting a plurality of output devices; a detection device detecting that an output device connected to the second connection device is activated; a display control device instructing the detected output device to display a response prompt screen requesting a response by an input device; and an association management device associating an input device which has returned a response with an output device displaying the response prompt screen based on a response by an input device connected to the first connection device on the response prompt screen, wherein when the response prompt screen is displayed on a first output device and an activation of a second output device different from the first output device is detected, the display control device displays a wait screen for information about waiting for a completion of a process by the first output device.