INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

An information processing apparatus and method in which devices connected to the IEEE 802 network can communicate with each other. The IEEE 802 network (11) is connected to a UPnP control point (1) and a UPnP device (2). The UPnP control point (1) controls the UPnP device (2) by describing the control content according to an AV/C command used in the IEEE 1394 network. The UPnP control point (1) stores the AV/C command in a command based on SOAP used in the IEEE 802 network (11). The command based on this SOAP is transferred via the IEEE 802 network (11) to the UPnP device (2). The UPnP device (2) extracts an AV/C command from the commands based on the SOAP and executes a corresponding processing. The present invention can be applied to a personal computer.