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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2000
Yuko Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to secure the resources on a bus positively and execute the data transmission during a time zone set by a timer of a plurality of electronic equipment connected by a serial bus, a reserve operation setting unit inputs reserve operation setting information for setting a predetermined equipment connected to the bus in a predetermined state at a predetermined time. A reserve operation execution unit sets a predetermined equipment connected to the bus in a predetermined state at a predetermined time based on the information input from the reserve operation setting unit or the information stored in a reserve operation storage unit The reserve operation storage unit stores the information for setting a reserve operation input to the reserve operation setting unit A bus resources reservation unit acquires or releases the bus resources based on the input to the reserve operation setting unit or the storage in the reserve operation storage unit A bus resources reservation plan storage unit stores a plan to acquire or release the bus resources based on the reserve information of the equipment connected to the bus.