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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Junichi Fujimori, Hamamatsu, JP;
Junichi Fujimori, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-Shi, JP;
Abstract
In a network which includes at least a transmission-side apparatus having a plurality of logical plugs and a reception-side apparatus having a plurality of logical plugs, correspondence between transmission-side logical plugs (e.g., Pto P) and reception-side logical plugs (e.g., Pto P) is established. The reception-side apparatus stores therein plug data Splug (P) representing one of the transmission-side logical plugs, plug data Dplug representing a logical plug corresponding to the plug data Splug, among the plurality of reception-side logical plugs, and connection number Nconn representing the number of logical plugs to be connected. The transmission-side apparatus adds to control data a plug number PluNO (P) representing the logical plug which has output the control data and transmits the control data. The reception-side apparatus determines whether to receive the control data, on the basis of PluNO, Splug, and Nconn, and specifies a logical plug (P) which receives the control data, on the basis of PluNO, Splug, and Dplug.