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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1998
Gen Suzuki, Fujisawa, JP;
Hiroya Tanigawa, Yokohama, JP;
Atsuhito Nakase, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshinori Ohkuvo, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Yamagata, Yokohama, JP;
NTT Software Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a communication system in a network system having a plurality of user terminals connected to a communication network and a plurality of network resources accessed by the user terminals, the communication system having a communication part which makes the user terminals accessing the same network resource exchange and share communication information. The communication part has a communication server and a communication controlling part, provided in each user terminal, for obtaining information of the user terminals accessing the same network resource and for exchanging the communication information with the user terminals through the communication server. The communication server groups the user terminals accessing the same network resource as one group on the basis of resource locators notified of by the user terminals, and distributes information of the user terminals of the one group to the user terminals of the one group.