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Patent No.:

US 6757765 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004

Filed:

Dec. 13, 1999

Electronic device, method for using electronic device, and electronic device system for reserving bus usage time on a bus to conduct communications between electronic devices

Applicant:
Inventors:

Shinichiro Fukushima, Yokohama, JP;

Takahiko Nozoe, Yokohama, JP;

Tsukasa Hasegawa, Hiratsuka, JP;

Hidefumi Gotou, Yokosuka, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Paul R Myers

Assistant Examiner:

Raymond N Phan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 ;
Abstract

An IRD supplies broadcasting data on a bus a desired time period. When the IRD performs a reservation of the bus usage, the IRD request current bus usage information and information of the bus reservation from all devices connected by the bus, such as a DVD , a D-VTR , a D-VTR , a CAM , a TV , and a isochronous manager of the D-VTR . The isochronous manager and each device answer by sending the bus usage information to the IRD and reservation information. The IRD judges a possibility of the reservation from the answer information. If the reservation is possible, it performs the reservation operation. IF the reservation is impossible, then the reason is displayed on a TV . Therefore, it is possible to prevent a usage of a device that excesses the bus transferring capacity.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Fukushima, Shinichiro. (2004). Electronic device, method for using electronic device, and electronic device system for reserving bus usage time on a bus to conduct communications between electronic devices (U.S. Patent No. 6757765). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6757765

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