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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
Provided is a user-friendly system for dynamically connecting or disconnecting equipment. A user uses a display presented on the screen of a user interface to instruct connection or the like of desired equipment. The display presented on the screen is based on information contained in the database. The information is managed by a control server. A terminal control facility incorporated in a bridge sets an isochronous channel and a connection identification number in response to an instruction of connection. The set isochronous channel number and connection identification number are placed in the database. The control server controls the whole system according to the information.