Information processing apparatus, and information processing method and program

An information processing method of an information processing apparatus which is used while being incorporated in other device and provides a predetermined function to the other device in which the information processing apparatus is incorporated, the information processing method comprising the steps of:

• loading a general-purpose software which provides a general-purpose function to an execution environmental area and mounting the general-purpose software in a predetermined directory at the time of starting up a system;
• loading a dedicated software which provides a function intrinsic to the other device to an execution environmental area and mounting the dedicated software in a predetermined directory at the time of starting up a system;
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• integrating a first setting file containing general-purpose setting information which is included in the general-purpose software which is loaded and a second setting file containing general-purpose setting information which is included in the dedicated software which is loaded and reflects the presence of the dedicated software in the execution environmental area.

A program which allows a computer to perform processing which is used while being incorporated in other device and provides a predetermined function to other device in which the program is incorporated, the program comprising the steps of:

• loading a general-purpose software which provides a general-purpose function to an execution environmental area and mounting the general-purpose software in a predetermined directory at the time of starting up a system;
• loading a dedicated software which provides a function intrinsic to the other device to the execution environmental area and mounting the dedicated software in a predetermined directory at the time of starting up a system;
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• integrating a first setting file containing general-purpose setting information which is included in the general-purpose software which is loaded and a second setting file containing general-purpose setting information which is included in the dedicated software which is loaded and reflects the presence of the dedicated software in the execution environmental area.

An information processing apparatus which is used while being incorporated in other device and provides a predetermined function to the other device in which the information processing apparatus is incorporated, the information processing apparatus comprising:

• a first loading part which loads general-purpose software which provides a general-purpose function to an execution environmental area and mounts the general-purpose software in a predetermined directory at the time of starting up a system;
• a second loading part which loads a dedicated software which provides a function intrinsic to the other device to the execution environmental area and mounts the dedicated software in a predetermined directory at the time of starting up a system;
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• an integrating part which integrates a first setting file containing general-purpose setting information which is included in the general-purpose software which is loaded by the first loading part and a second setting file containing general-purpose setting information which is included in the dedicated software which is loaded by the second loading part and reflects the presence of the dedicated software.