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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeo Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriko Kotabe, Chiba, JP;
Kouichi Sugiyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Katsuyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Osakabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Kusagaya, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520052 ; 395651 ; 34082525 ;
Abstract
An AV system requiring the setting of only the apparatus that acts as the AV center of the system when the system configuration is to be modified. The apparatus desired to be used as the new AV center issues a command to the existing AV center telling it to become a sub AV center.