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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Harumi Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisato Shima, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/02 ;
Abstract
A communication command system controls communications between equipment having sub-devices for outputting different types of communications. A bus with different channels is connected to the input/output ports of the equipment to send communications back and forth between the equipment. A switch switches the connection between the sub-devices and the bus channels. A command master commands the switch to switch a particular sub-device to a particular bus channel and, in this manner, communications are set up between sub-devices of different equipment.