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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:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345329 ; 345330 ; 345331 ; 707 10 ; 709205 ; 709209 ;
Abstract
In the present invention, a plurality of the communication control apparatus form a group to communicate each other. In each communication control apparatus, a memory section stores at least one data and its discrimination information. When the discrimination information of data to broadcast is inputted through an input section, a retrieval section retrieves the data corresponding to the discrimination information from the memory section. A sending section broadcasts the retrieved data to other communication control apparatuses of the group. A receiving section receives the data broadcasted by other communication control apparatus of the group.