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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1998
Junichi Shimada, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A communication controlling apparatus includes a receiving side communication protocol identifying means for determining a candidate communication protocol for a second apparatus. If an acknowledgment response is received from the second apparatus, a communication protocol is determined to be a candidate communication protocol for the second apparatus and, if no acknowledgment response is received, operations to convert a first signal into another signal conforming to another communication protocol supposed to be adopted by the second apparatus and to transmit the other signal to the second apparatus are repeated till an acknowledgment response to the other signal is received from the second apparatus. The apparatus also has a communication protocol converting means converting the first signal into another signal conforming to another communication protocol supposed to be adopted by the second apparatus, and a communication protocol conversion controlling means controlling the communication protocol converting means. If a first communication protocol is different from a protocol at the receiving side, a command is given to the communication protocol converting means to convert the first signal into another signal conforming to the communication protocol identified by the protocol identifying means at the receiving side.