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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Yuko Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a network connected with a plurality of electronic devices to , an electronic device as a leader inquires about system resource capacities from electronic devices and which can become controllers, in a step S . The electronic device further inquires about sizes of DCMs from electronic devices , and , respectively, in a step S . The electronic device calculates the memory capacities of the electronic devices and to which DCMs can be assigned, and the size of the DCM of each electronic device, in a step S . Further, the electronic device determines whether or not the DCM of each electronic device can be assigned to the electronic devices and , in a step S , and then assigns DCMs which can be possessed by the devices and , respectively, in a step S