Information processing apparatus

摘要

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of controlling an AV/C device from a UPnP control point. A UPnP control point 1 is connected with an IEEE 802 network 11, and AV/C devices 3, 4 are connected with IEEE 1394 network 12. The IEEE 802 network 11 and the IEEE 1394 network 12 are connected with each other through a UPnP device 2 functioning as a bridge. The UPnP device 2 converts an SOAP command transmitted from the UPnP control point 1 to an AV/C command to transfer the converted command to an AV/C device 3 through the IEEE 1394 network 12. The present invention can be applied to a personal computer.