INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION DECISION DEVICE AND IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION DECISION METHOD
First Claim
1. An information processing system including a plurality of information processing units, the information processing system comprising:
- an information collector configured to collect device identification information assigned to each of the information processing units;
a storage configured to store history information indicating whether each piece of the device identification information collected by the information collector has been used as system identification information of the information processing system; and
a decision unit configured to determine the system identification information from the device identification information collected by the information collector, according to the history information stored in the storage and the device identification information collected by the information collector.
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Abstract
An information processing system has a plurality of information processing units. The information processing system includes: an information collector configured to collect device identification information assigned to each of the information processing units; a storage configured to store history information indicating whether each piece of the device identification information collected by the information collector has been used as system identification information of the information processing system; and a decision unit configured to determine the system identification information from the device identification information collected by the information collector, according to the history information stored in the storage and the device identification information collected by the information collector.
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1. An information processing system including a plurality of information processing units, the information processing system comprising:
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an information collector configured to collect device identification information assigned to each of the information processing units; a storage configured to store history information indicating whether each piece of the device identification information collected by the information collector has been used as system identification information of the information processing system; and a decision unit configured to determine the system identification information from the device identification information collected by the information collector, according to the history information stored in the storage and the device identification information collected by the information collector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An identification information decision device comprising:
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an information collector configured to collect first identifiers respectively assigned to information processing units included in an information processing system; a storage configured to store history information indicating whether each of the first identifiers has been used as a second identifier that identifies the information processing system; and a decision unit configured to determine the second identifier from the first identifiers collected by the information collector, according to the history information stored in the storage and the first identifiers collected by the information collector.
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7. A method for determining, by using a computer, identification information of an information processing system including a plurality of information processing units, the method comprising:
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collecting device identification information assigned to each of the information processing units; obtaining history information indicating whether the device identification information has been adopted as system identification information that identifies the information processing system; and determining the system identification information from the collected device identification information, according to the history information and the collected device identification information.
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8. A computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a program for causing a computer to execute an identification information decision process comprising:
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collecting device identification information assigned to each of the information processing units; obtaining history information indicating whether the device identification information has been adopted as system identification information that identifies the information processing system; and determining the system identification information from the collected device identification information, according to the history information and the collected device identification information.
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