INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

It is an object to provide such a technique that when an apparatus which provides a plurality of functions is connected to a PC or the like, if a connection destination is the same apparatus type, a link to all of the functions of the apparatus is enabled to be used on a device detailed page of a device stage. Device driver means has: list-up means for listing up registered device driver means which have already been registered in operating system means when the device driver means is installed; discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the registered device driver means of a port which coincides with a port of the device driver means exists among the registered device driver means listed up by the list-up means; and storing means for storing a type and a driver name of a driver of the registered device driver means into a storage device if it is determined by the discriminating means that the registered device driver means of the port which coincides with the port of the device driver means exists among the registered device driver means which were listed up by the list-up means.