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COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF DETERMINING COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD

  • US 20070100983A1
  • Filed: 10/17/2006
  • Published: 05/03/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communication control device configured to control communication among a plurality of communication devices, the communication control device comprising:

  • a counting unit configured to cause each of one or more candidate devices to which control rights of a network are transferable, from among the plurality of communication devices, to transmit a pseudo information signal, and to count, for each of the one or more candidate devices, the number of communication devices from the plurality of communication devices having responded to the pseudo information signal; and

    a determination unit configured to determine a candidate device to which to transfer control rights of the network based on the number of communication devices from the plurality of communication devices having responded to the pseudo information signal.

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