Information-processing system, electronic apparatus, information-processing method, and computer-readable program and recording medium

An electronic apparatus that is connectable to another electronic apparatus that sets a parameter, via a network, and on which a parameter is set by enabling to be processed set-up identification information that specifics a set-up item, the set-up item being an adjustment attribute of a predetermined function of the electronic apparatus, and the electronic apparatus comprising:

• reception means for receiving the set-up identification information from the electronic apparatus that sets the parameter, the set-up identification including a parameter identifier corresponding to a particular parameter;
• storage means for storing an information conversion table by which the parameter identifier received from the electronic apparatus that sets the parameter is converted into a parameter identifier of the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set;
• analysis means for analyzing the set-up identification information received from the reception means;
• determination means for deteimining whether the parameter identifier matches a particular parameter of the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set;
• converting means for converting, when the parameter identifier does not match the particular parameter, the parameter identifier received into a parameter identifier of the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set by using as an address the received parameter identifier as an entry in the information conversion table;
• conversion means for converting the set-up identification information analyzed by the analysis means into set-up identification information of this electronic apparatus;
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• changing means for changing a parameter setting of this electronic apparatus on the basis of adjustment contents of the set-up item correlated with the set-up identification information converted by the conversion means,
• wherein when a plurality of the electronic apparatuses on which the parameter is being set are made by the same manufacturer and are of the same category but of different types, a different set-up identifier is assigned to a different parameter that adjusts the same function of the respective apparatus;
• wherein when a plurality of the electronic apparatuses on which the parameter is being set are made by the same manufacturer and are of the same category and of the same type, the same set-up identifier is assigned to parameters that make the same setting;
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• wherein when a plurality of the electronic apparatuses on which the parameter is being set are of the same category, a common parameter set-up identifier is assigned to set-up items that adjust the same function of the apparatuses.

An electronic apparatus that is connectable to another electronic apparatus that sets parameter, via a network, and on which a parameter is set by enabling to be processed set-up identification information that specifies a set-up item, the set-up item being an adjustment attribute of a predetermined function of the electronic apparatus, and the electronic apparatus comprising:

• reception device to receive the set-up identification information from the electronic apparatus that sets the parameter, the set-up identification including a parameter identifier corresponding to a particular parameter;
• storage device configured to store an information conversion table by which the parameter identifier received from the electronic apparatus that sets the parameter is converted into a parameter identifier of the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set;
• analysis device to analyze the set-up identification information received from the reception device;
• determining device to determine whether the parameter identifier matches a particular parameter of the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set;
• converting device to convert, when the parameter identifier does not match the particular parameter, the parameter identifier received into a parameter identifier of the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set by using as an address the received parameter identifier as an entry in the information conversion table;
• conversion device to convert the set-up identification information analyzed by the analysis device into set-up identification information of this electronic apparatus;
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• changing device to change a parameter setting of this electronic apparatus on the basis of adjustment contents of the set-up item correlated with the set-up identification information converted by the conversion device,
• wherein when a plurality of the electronic apparatuses on which the parameter is being set are made by the same manufacturer and are of the same category but of different types, a different set-up identifier is assigned to a different parameter that adjusts the same function of the respective apparatus;
• wherein when a plurality of the electronic apparatuses on which the parameter is being set are made by the same manufacturer and are of the same category and of the same type, the same set-up identifier is assigned to parameters that make the same setting;
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• wherein when a plurality of the electronic apparatuses on which the parameter is being set are of the same category, a common parameter set-up identifier is assigned to set-up items that adjust the same function of the apparatuses.

An information-processing method for processing set-up identification information that specifies a set-up item, the set-up item being an adjustment attribute of a predetermined function of an electronic apparatus connectable to a network, the method comprising the steps of:

• connecting an electronic apparatus that sets a parameter and an electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set to each other;
• receiving the set-up identification information from the electronic apparatus that sets the parameter in the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set, the set-up identification including a parameter identifier corresponding to a particular parameter;
• storing an information conversion table by which the parameter identifier received from the electronic apparatus that sets the parameter is converted into a parameter identifier of the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set;
• analyzing the set-up identification information received in the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set;
• determining whether the parameter identifier matches a particular parameter of the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set;
• converting, when the parameter identifier does not match the particular parameter, the parameter identifier received into a parameter identifier of the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set by using as an address the received parameter identifier as an entry in the information conversion table;
• converting the set-up identification information thus analyzed into set-up identification information of the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set;
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• changing a parameter setting of the electronic apparatus on which the parameter is set on the basis of adjustment contents of the set-up item correlated with the set-up identification information thus converted,
• wherein when a plurality of the electronic apparatuses on which the parameter is being set are made by the same manufacturer and are of the same category but are of different types, a different set-up identifier is assigned to a different parameter that adjusts the same function of the respective electronic apparatus,
• wherein when a plurality of the electronic apparatuses on which the parameter is being set are made by the same manufacturer and are of the same category and of the same type, the same set-up identifier is assigned to parameters that make the same setting;
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• wherein when a plurality of the electronic apparatuses on which the parameter is being set are of the same category, a common parameter set-up identifier is assigned to set-up items that adjust the same function of the apparatuses.