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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1994
Hiroki Horikoshi, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A multi-point communication system comprising a communication terminal station apparatus which is connected to a communication line constructing a loop and includes a recognition unit to recognize connection formations of other plurality of communication terminal stations for the loop constructed by the communication line, a separation unit to separate reception information inputted in correspondence to the other enclosed communication terminal stations, a determination unit to determine whether each of the separation reception information separated by the separation unit is relayed and transmitted or not on the basis of each of the terminal connection formations recognized by the recognition unit, and a transmission unit to relay and transmit the separation reception information on the basis of the determination unit, and the communication line constructing the loop to which a plurality of such terminal station apparatuses are connected.