Patent ID: 8139757

Claim:
An electronic device that is connected to an external interface of a computer and has a memory unit that stores a program to be executed by the computer and data, the program comprising: a first operating unit that causes the computer to perform an operation of acquiring conference information containing at least one of image data and audio data as to a conference and storing the conference information in a predetermined memory area, and a second operating unit that, once the computer detects connection of the electronic device to the computer, causes the computer to perform operations of: detecting a device, other than the electronic device, that is connected to the computer or that is built in the computer, obtaining device information regarding the device and storing the device information in the predetermined memory area of the electronic device, obtaining information as to at least one of the performance and the operation status of the computer and storing the information in the predetermined memory area of the electronic device, and controlling any one of the first operating unit and another operating unit so as to apply a load to the computer in accordance with the device information, and said at least one of the performance and the operation status of the computer stored in the predetermined memory area of the electronic device.