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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tatsuyoshi Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Naoya Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709203 ; 709206 ; 709219 ; 709223 ;
Abstract
An information transmission system is capable of efficiently and smoothly transmitting and receiving supply information among an information storing and providing apparatus and a plurality of information receipt apparatus. The information storing and providing apparatus includes means for broadcasting at least one of category information, contract information, and time information concerning the supply information, and a plurality of information apparatuses each include means for determining whether the supply information is necessary, available, and the up-to-date, referring thereto.