Unconnected-port device detection method, apparatus, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahide Hirasawa
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Abstract
An information communicating apparatus and method are featured in retrieving one or more device constituting a network which satisfies predetermined conditions (e.g., connector type and data transfer speed) and has a communication port not connected to another unit of device. The retrieved device is then graphically displayed on a display screen. Users can be informed of the device having a vacant port in a manner easy to understand, and add-on of new device to the network can be realized readily and efficiently.
Claims21
An apparatus for detecting a device whose digital interface has an unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined condition, the apparatus comprising:
- detecting means adapted to detect a device whose digital interface has at least one unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined connector type, and to detect the number of the unconnected physical ports of the detected device;
- and
- display control means adapted to display first information representing the detected device and second information representing the detected number of the unconnected physical ports on a display.
An apparatus for detecting a device whose digital interface has an unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined condition, the apparatus comprising:
- detecting means adapted to detect a device whose digital interface has at least one unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined data transfer speed, and to detect the number of the unconnected physical ports of the detected device;
- and
- display control means adapted to display first information representing the detected device -and second information representing the detected number of the unconnected physical ports on a display.
A method of detecting a device having an unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined condition, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a device whose digital interface has at least one unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined connector type, and detecting the number of the unconnected physical ports of the detected device;
- and
- displaying first information representing the detected device and second information representing the detected number of the unconnected physical ports on a display.
A medium storing a program for detecting a device having an unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined condition, the program comprising the steps of:
- detecting a device whose digital interface has at least one unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined connector type, and detecting the number of the unconnected physical ports of the detected device;
- and
- displaying first information representing the detected device and second information representing the detected number of the unconnected physical ports on a display.
A method of detecting a device having an unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined condition, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a device whose digital interface has at least one unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined data transfer speed, and detecting the number of the unconnected physical ports of the detected device:
- and
- displaying first information representing the detected device and second information representing the detected number of the unconnected physical ports on a display.
A medium storing a program for detecting a device having an unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined condition, the program comprising the steps of:
- detecting a device whose digital interface has at least one unconnected physical port which satisfies a predetermined data transfer speed, and detecting the number of the unconnected physical ports of the detected device;
- and
- displaying first information representing the detected device and second information representing the detected number of the unconnected physical ports on a display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.