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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1996
Takeshi Ishizaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiyuki Nakayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshimitsu Hayashi, Hadano, JP;
Yoshinobu Tanigawa, Osaka, JP;
Minoru Koizumi, Yokohama, JP;
Masami Kameda, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A joint work support system includes a plurality of terminals mutually connected to one another through a network. Each terminal includes a first data communication means and an operation means. The operation means performs operations to support joint work in both a joint work state, when the terminal is connected to another terminal through the network, and a local state, when the terminal is not connected to another terminal through the network. To operate in the local state, each of the terminals includes recording data creating means, second data communication means and reproduction means.