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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1997
Seiji Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for establishing multimedia communication connection between a plurality of terminals 2 and one center terminal 1 in such a manner that the center terminal 1 has a plurality of relay resources 12, so that when an inquiry is made by any of the terminals 2 for connection, it returns connection-destination information of a relay resource 12 to be connected. Based on the connection-destination information, the terminal 2 makes an access to the center terminal 1 via the assigned relay resource 12, thus establishing multimedia communication connection there between. As a result, there is no need to provide one center terminal for each client terminal, thereby reducing the hardware introduction cost and the installation space required.