INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE CLIENT DEVICE CONTROL METHOD

Abstract

An information processing system includes: a host device, and a plurality of client devices, each of which is in communication with the host device, the plurality of client devices having unique identification information for specifying each of them. The host device includes: a specification unit which detects the identification information and specifies each of the client devices; an operation determination unit which determines details of an operation carried out on the client device specified by the specification unit; an operation detail recording unit which records information correlating the client device specified by the specification unit and the details of the operation carried out on the client device which has been determined by the operation determination unit; and an operation processing unit which, based on the information recorded in the operation detail recording unit, generates information obtained as a result of operations consecutively executed between the plurality of client devices, and transmits the generated information to any of the plurality of client devices.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numbers reference like elements.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an information processing system according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram that more specifically illustrates an internal configuration of a host device and an exemplary client device shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an overall operation of the information processing system according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation carried out in the host device of the information processing system according to an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation carried out in the host device of the information processing system according to another embodiment of the invention.

Claims

1. An information processing system, comprising: a host device, and a plurality of client devices, each of which is in communication with the host device, each of the plurality of client devices having unique identification information for specifying that client device, wherein the host device includes:a specification unit configured to detect the identification information and specify each of the client devices;an operation determination unit configured to determine details of an operation carried out on the client device specified by the specification unit;an operation detail recording unit configured to record information correlating the client device specified by the specification unit and the details of the operation carried out on the client device which has been determined by the operation determination unit; andan operation processing unit configured to, based on the information recorded in the operation detail recording unit, generate information obtained as a result of operations consecutively executed between the plurality of client devices, and transmit the generated information to any of the plurality of client devices.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein the operation determination unit, being connected by wire or wirelessly to the host device, is further configured to transmit the details of the operation carried out on the client device to the host device.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of client devices includes a display device which displays an image and has a non-volatile storing property.

4. A program for causing execution in a host device of an information operating system a method of controlling any of a plurality of client devices included in the system, the program comprising: instructions for specifying each of the plurality of client devices;instructions for determining details of an operation carried out on a specified client device;instructions for recording information correlating the specified client device and the details of the operation carried out on the specified client device which has been determined; andinstructions for, based on the information recorded in the operation history recording step, transmitting information obtained as a result of operations consecutively executed between the plurality of client devices to any of the client devices.