Patent Document ID: 20060202996
Application ID: 11366589
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An information processing apparatus for communicating with another information processing apparatus that stores model-based product model information relating to a predetermined product mode, the information processing apparatus comprising: a first storage for storing a model code uniquely identifying the product model of the information processing apparatus; a second storage for storing product model information relating to the product model of the information processing apparatus; a connector for connecting the information processing apparatus with the other information processing apparatus; and a communication controller for controlling the communication between the information processing apparatus and the other information processing apparatus as a connection destination of the connector, the communication controller starting a communication initialization process as a pre-operation for the communication at the discretion of the communication controller when the connector connects the information processing apparatus with the other information processing apparatus, as at least a portion of the communication initialization process, controlling the transmission of the model code stored on the first storage from the information processing apparatus to the other information processing apparatus, and controlling the information processing apparatus in the reception of the product model information and then the storage of the product model information on the second storage if the other information processing apparatus has identified the product model of the information processing apparatus based on the model code, and has transmitted, to the information processing apparatus, the product model information relating to the identified product model.