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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1999
Takahiro Kurosawa, Kunitachi, JP;
Hiroshi Okazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiko Fukasawa, Machida, JP;
Kenji Morita, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichiro Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus controlling system capable of providing services such as video services and camera control services via a network, with a simple structure and high efficiency. Upon request from a client, a server for providing video services with camera control services provides a client with limited services (low quality trial services) during the initial stage immediately after connection, in accordance with a connection identifier issued to the client, and upon reception of the connection identifier via a route different from the route via which the services are provided, the server provides the client with limitation relaxed (or released) high quality services in accordance with the returned connection identifier.