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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2002
Jean-jacques Moreau, Rennes, FR;
Jean-Jacques Moreau, Rennes, FR;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of processing a message in a communication network in which the message travels along a path which may be closed and which comprises a plurality of nodes. The message is constituted by a plurality of distinct information blocks of which certain may be destined for different nodes. The method is implemented in a node of the path and comprises the following steps: receiving the message; identifying in the message the information blocks destined for the node; processing the identified information blocks, with the creation as a consequence of at least one result data item; modifying the message by inclusion in it of the resulting item or items of data; and transmitting the message to the following node along the path. The invention also relates to a device adapted to implement the method.