Information process device, information process method and program for executing information process device

The information process method of executing a predetermined process in response to connection of an electric appliance with a network, comprising the steps of:

• detecting connection of the electric appliance to a network;
• acquiring the IP address of the detected electric appliance;
• acquiring association information associating the IP address with an identifier identifying the electric appliance;
• re-detecting connection of the electric appliance to a network;
• re-acquiring a re-detected IP address of the re-detected electric appliance;
• and
• redirecting a connection request from an IP address associated with the identifier to the re-acquired IP address based on the acquired association information.

The program product for use in an information process device comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a set of instructions physically embodied therein, the set of instructions including computer readable code, which when executed by the information process device executing predetermined process in response to a connection of the electric appliance with a network causes the information process unit to:

• detect connection of the electric appliance to a network;
• acquire the IP address of the detected electric appliance;
• acquire association information associating the IP address with an identifier identifying the electric appliance;
• re-detect connection of the electric appliance to the network;
• re-acquire the IP address of the re-detected electric appliance;
• redirect a connection request from an IP address associated with the identifier to the re-acquired IP address based on the acquired association information.