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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2009
Yasushi Yanagihara, Nagoya, JP;
Yasushi Yanagihara, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A broadcast device in a tree-type broadcast system forming plural hierarchy levels with the broadcast device located at the top and connecting the nodes so as to be sequentially transferred from higher to lower nodes, wherein the nodes select a first mode determining a reconnection destination by acquiring node information from a server or a second mode determining a reconnection destination by acquiring node information of the reconnection destination candidate, and determines the reconnection destination by acquiring the node information according to the mode currently selected when the higher nodes are disconnected and the node except for the own is reconnected, and the broadcast device monitors a load status of the server, and broadcasts to switch selection to the second mode to thereby enable sequential transfer of the switch instruction from the higher to the lower nodes when a monitor level becomes a threshold level or more.