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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1995
Yoshito Maekawa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are proposed a communication station apparatus which can perform a multipoint intercommunication by connecting a plurality of points via a communication line, having an inquiry unit for sending, in advance, an inquiry as to participation in the multipoint intercommunication to the stations of members relating to the multipoint intercommunication, and a registration unit for receiving inquiry results sent from the members who received the inquiry from the inquiry unit, and registering a group of personal information of the members relating to the multipoint intercommunication in correspondence with the received results, and a communication station apparatus which can perform a multipoint intercommunication by connecting a plurality of points via a communication line, having an inquiry unit for sending, in advance, an inquiry as to participation in the multipoint intercommunication to stations of members relating to the multipoint intercommunication, and a communication path setting unit for receiving inquiry results sent from the members who received the inquiry from the inquiry unit, and setting a communication path for the multipoint intercommunication in correspondence with the received results.