Information processing apparatus with device control language based program selection
US6667812B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 23, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/1244
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information processing apparatus acquires identification information which specifies an interpreting program for interpreting a device control language, the specified interpreting program being operable in an external device connected to the information processing apparatus. It is discriminated whether a selected first control program corresponds to the device control language interpreted by the specified interpreting program. If it is discriminated that the selected first control program does not correspond to the device control language interpreted by the specified interpreting program, a second control program corresponding to the device control language interpreted by the specified interpreting program is selected from a plurality of control programs. Data is output to the external device using the first control program or, if it is discriminated that the first control program does not correspond to the device control language, the selected second control program.
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