Drive icon display device, method, and system

A drive icon display method for displaying an icon of a drive recognized by a drive icon display device, the method executing:

• a drive connection detecting step of detecting that the drive is connected;
• a drive identification information obtaining step of obtaining drive identification information which indicates a type of the drive and contains icon storage information that indicates whether or not the drive stores a dedicated icon which is a symbol representing the drive;
• a drive identification information determining step of determining, based on the icon storage information, whether or not the drive stores the dedicated icon;
• an icon obtaining step of, when it is determined that the drive stores the dedicated icon, obtaining the dedicated icon from the drive, and of, when it is determined that the drive does not store the dedicated icon, obtaining a predetermined icon corresponding to the type of the drive from among icons stored in advance in the drive icon display device;
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• a display step of displaying on a screen one of the obtained dedicated icon and the obtained predetermined icon.

A drive icon display system comprising a drive and a drive icon display device for recognizing the drive and displaying an icon of the drive, wherein

• the drive includes:
• a memory for storing drive identification information which indicates a type of the drive and contains icon storage information that indicates whether or not the drive stores a dedicated icon which is a symbol representing the drive, and for storing the dedicated icon;
• a drive identification information extracting section for, based on a request for drive identification information from the drive icon display device, extracting from the memory the drive identification information about the drive;
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• a dedicated icon extracting section for, based on a request for a dedicated icon from the drive icon display device, extracting from the memory the dedicated icon for the drive, and
• the drive icon display device includes:
• a drive connection detecting section for detecting that the drive is connected;
• a drive identification information obtaining section for making a request to the drive for the drive identification information, and obtaining the drive identification information;
• a drive identification information determining section for determining, based on the icon storage information, whether or not the drive stores the dedicated icon;
• an icon obtaining section for, when it is determined that the drive stores the dedicated icon, making a request to the drive for the dedicated icon and obtaining the dedicated icon, and for, when it is determined that the drive does not store the dedicated icon, obtaining a predetermined icon corresponding to the type of the drive from among icons stored in advance in the drive icon display device;
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• a display section for displaying on a screen one of the obtained dedicated icon and the obtained predetermined icon.