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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2012
Applicants:
Shinichiro Nishioka, Osaka, JP;
Yuusaku Ohta, Osaka, JP;
Kozo Nishimura, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PANASONIC CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04N 21/6371 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/288 (2013.01); H04L 41/0846 (2013.01); H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01); H04N 21/6371 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plurality of networks each having a host are connected to achieve a transparent transaction between devices belonging to the different networks. A target apparatus includes a station and a host. In response to a get device handle request from an initiator apparatus, the station acquires, from the host, configuration information of a target device and relays transactions between the initiator apparatus and the target device, without requiring involvement of the host.