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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2007
Hideki Matsuo, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihiko Hibino, Nagoya, JP;
Yuji Kiyohara, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroaki Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Kentaro Ushiyama, Nagoya, JP;
Koichi Iijima, Higashikurume, JP;
Tomohiro Kudo, Tsukuba, JP;
Osamu Tatebe, Ushiku, JP;
Yuetsu Kodama, Tsukuba, JP;
Kazuyuki Shudo, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideki Matsuo, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihiko Hibino, Nagoya, JP;
Yuji Kiyohara, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroaki Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Kentaro Ushiyama, Nagoya, JP;
Koichi Iijima, Higashikurume, JP;
Tomohiro Kudo, Tsukuba, JP;
Osamu Tatebe, Ushiku, JP;
Yuetsu Kodama, Tsukuba, JP;
Kazuyuki Shudo, Kawasaki, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Xing Inc., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
In a first node in a system having nodes connected to each other as a network, request information including identification information and request number of location information indicating a location in the network of information saving nodes is transmitted to a second node. In the second node, the location information and identification information are saved. At least the location information whose number corresponds to the request number is transmitted to the first node when the number of the saved location information meets the request number. Otherwise, the location information whose number corresponds to the number of the saved location information is transmitted to the first node. The received request information is transferred when the second node itself is not a management node, to a node interposed between the second node and the management node, or to the management node when there is no node therebetween.