Information processing apparatus and method

摘要

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus and method that enables apparatuses connected to an IEEE 802 network to communicate with one another. A UPnP control point 1 and a UPnP device 2 are connected with an IEEE 802 network 11. When controlling the UPnP device 2, the UPnP control point 1 describes the content of control based on an AV/C command utilized for IEEE 1394. The command based on SOAP is transmitted to UPnP device 2 via the IEEE 802 network 11. The UPnP device 2 extracts the AV/C command from the command based on SOAP and executes a corresponding process. The present invention can be applied in personal computers.