DEVICE OPERATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, A MANAGER DEVICE, A PROGRAM SUPPLY MEDIUM FOR SUPPLYING A DEVICE OPERATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AN CONTROLLER DEVICE, AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE

In a network connected with a plurality of electronic devices 11 to 16, an electronic device 13 as a leader inquires about system resource capacities from electronic devices 11 and 14 which can become controllers, in a step S1. The electronic device 13 further inquires about sizes of DCMs from electronic devices 12, 13, 15, and 16, respectively, in a step S2. The electronic device 13 calculates the memory capacities of the electronic devices 11 and 14 to which DCMs can be assigned, and the size of the DCM of each electronic device, in a step S3. Further, the electronic device 13 determines whether or not the DCM of each electronic device can be assigned to the electronic devices 11 and 14, in a step S4, and then assigns DCMs which can be possessed by the devices 11 and 14, respectively, in a step S5.