Patent ID: 8032663

Claim:
An information processing system comprising: an integrated circuit chip having stored therein a plurality of file systems; a first information processing apparatus that engages in communication with the integrated circuit chip and processes information; and a second information processing apparatus that engages in communication with the first information processing apparatus and processes information, wherein: the first information processing apparatus includes: a first command packet generation unit that generates a first command packet; a command packet linking unit that generates a single linked command packet by linking a second command packet generated by the second information processing apparatus within the first command packet; and a first command packet transmission unit that transmits the linked command packet to the integrated circuit chip to be directed to the plurality of file systems, wherein the first command packet contains a first command to access a first file system in the integrated circuit chip; the second information processing apparatus includes: a second command packet generation unit that generates the second command packet; and a second command packet transmission unit that transmits the second command packet to the first information processing apparatus, wherein the second command packet contains a second command to access a second file system in the integrated circuit chip.