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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Takeshi Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Takabatake, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikio Hashimoto, Chiba, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
A data transfer control device and a relay device which are suitable for use in the home network environment. For a case of controlling transfer of information data to a receiving node connected with a first physical network from a transmitting node connected with a second physical network, there is provided a data transfer control device connected with the second physical network which has: an establishing unit for establishing a channel in the second physical network for transmitting the information data; a reserving unit for reserving a communication path for transferring the information data transmitted through that channel to another data transfer control device belonging to the first physical network and/or the receiving node; and a commanding unit for commanding the transmitting node to transmit the information data through that channel, by using a protocol depending oh the second physical network.