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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Shigeyoshi Hirashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Horii, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Tokunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeyoshi Hirashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Horii, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Tokunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connection apparatus is disclosed which includes a connection source and a connection destination. The connection source includes information about a predetermined connection destination; and a connecting element for making a connection request to the predetermined connection destination based on the information about the connection destination and, given a permission, for automatically connecting to the connection destination. The predetermined connection destination includes a receiving element for receiving the connection request from the connection source, a judging element which, upon interpreting the connection request, judges whether the connection source is a predetermined connection source or not, and a permission granting element which, if the judging element judges the connection source to be a predetermined connection source, then grants connection permission to the connection source.