| 摘要 |
<p>An information processing apparatus (300) according to the present invention is capable of connecting to and communicating with a plurality of electronic devices (308, 309). The information processing apparatus includes a transmission/reception controlling unit configured to control transmission/reception of data; a plurality of connecting units (304 to 307) connected to the plurality of electronic devices; a virtual connecting unit generating unit configured to generate a virtual connecting unit by unifying at least two of the plurality of connecting units into a virtual connecting unit; a managing unit configured to group electronic device connecting units of the electronic device connected to the connecting units constituting the virtual connecting unit and manage a virtual transmission path including the virtual connecting unit and the group of the electronic device connecting units; and a switching unit configured to make the switch to another virtual transmission path, if any, when the managing unit determines that an error has occurred in the virtual transmission path.</p> |
