Personal communication service distributed control system for a network communication system including a plurality of hardware resources
First Claim
1. A personal communication service distributed control system for a communication system wherein when a user initiates a communication, a personal identification information service defined for each user is performed using personal identification information that provides identification of the user, comprising:
- a plurality of hardware resources constituting a physical network; and
a plurality of service control apparatus connected to said hardware resources;
each of said service control apparatuses including a plurality of service control program means for controlling said physical network independently of each other for individual pieces of personal identification information, resources control program means for controlling said hardware resources present discretely in said physical network, and directory management program means including a distributed directory for uniquely identifying said service control program means, said resource control program means and said hardware resources, said distributed directory having a data structure wherein objects of a plurality of directories are linked by pointers and each of the objects has position information of the other objects and address information for transferring a control signal, said directory management program means further including transfer destination retrieval function means and transfer function means for a control signal so that reference is made to said distributed directory to perform retrieval for a transfer destination and routing for the control signal simultaneously.
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Abstract
A personal communication service distributed control system provides a personal communication service in a combination of different networks based on the same personal ID without requiring a person originating information to be aware of the type of terminal used by a terminating person. The personal communication service distributed control system includes a plurality of hardware resources. Each of the service control apparatuses includes a plurality of service control program sections, a resource control program section, and a directory control program section. The directory control program section includes a section for referring to a distributed directory in order to perform retrieval for a transfer destination and routing for a control signal simultaneously.
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1. A personal communication service distributed control system for a communication system wherein when a user initiates a communication, a personal identification information service defined for each user is performed using personal identification information that provides identification of the user, comprising:
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a plurality of hardware resources constituting a physical network; and a plurality of service control apparatus connected to said hardware resources; each of said service control apparatuses including a plurality of service control program means for controlling said physical network independently of each other for individual pieces of personal identification information, resources control program means for controlling said hardware resources present discretely in said physical network, and directory management program means including a distributed directory for uniquely identifying said service control program means, said resource control program means and said hardware resources, said distributed directory having a data structure wherein objects of a plurality of directories are linked by pointers and each of the objects has position information of the other objects and address information for transferring a control signal, said directory management program means further including transfer destination retrieval function means and transfer function means for a control signal so that reference is made to said distributed directory to perform retrieval for a transfer destination and routing for the control signal simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A personal communication service distributed control system for a communication system wherein when a user initiates a communication, a personal identification information service defined for each user is performed using personal identification information that provides identification of the user, comprising:
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a plurality of hardware resources constituting a physical network; and a plurality of service control apparatuses connected to said hardware resources; each of said service control apparatuses including a plurality of service control program means for controlling said physical network independently of each other for individual pieces of personal identification information, resource control program means for controlling said hardware resources present discretely in said physical network, and directory management program means including a distributed directory for uniquely identifying said service control program means, said resource control program means and said hardware resources, said distributed directory having a data structure wherein objects of a plurality of directories are linked by pointers and each of the objects has position information of the other objects and address information for transferring a control signal, said directory management program means further including transfer destination retrieval function means and transfer function means for a control signal so that reference is made to said distributed directory to perform retrieval for a transfer destination of and routing for the control signal simultaneously, said distributed directory including a personal identification information directory for identifying the service control program means for the individual users, a resource directory for identifying said hardware resources, an area directory for identifying physical positions of the users and said hardware resources, and movement management means operable when a user or a communication terminal which can access any of said hardware resources moves for varying said area directory and moving said service control program means of the user or the communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A service control apparatus for a personal communication service distributed control system connected to a plurality of hardware resources constituting a physical network for performing a personal identification information service defined for each user using personal identification information that provides identification of the user, comprising:
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a plurality of service control program means for controlling said physical network independently of each other for the individual pieces of personal identification information; resource control program means for controlling said hardware resources present discretely in said physical network; and directory management program means including a distributed directory for uniquely identifying said service control program means, said resource control program means and said hardware resources, said distributed directory having a data structure wherein objects of a plurality of directories are linked by pointers and each of the objects has position information of the other objects and address information for transferring a control signal, said directory management program means further including transfer destination retrieval function means and transfer function means for a control signal so that said distributed directory to perform retrieval for a transfer destination and routing for the control signal simultaneously. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A service control apparatus for a personal communication service distributed control system connected to a plurality of hardware resources constituting a physical network for performing a personal identification information service defined for each user using personal identification information that provided identification of the user, comprising:
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a plurality of service control program means for controlling said physical network independently of each other for individual pieces of personal identification information; resource control program means for controlling said hardware resources present discretely in said physical network; and directory management program means including a distributed directory for uniquely identifying said service control program means, said resource control program means and said hardware resources, said distributed directory having a data structure wherein objects of a plurality of directories are linked by pointers and each of the objects has position information of the other objects and address information for transferring a control signal, said directory management program means further including transfer destination retrieval function means and transfer function means for a control signal so that reference is made to said distributed directory to perform retrieval for a transfer destination and routing for the control signal simultaneously; said distributed directory including a personal identification information directory for identifying the service control program means for the individual users, a resource directory for identifying said hardware resources, an area directory for identifying physical positions of the users and said hardware resources, and movement management means operable when a user or a communication terminal which can access any of said hardware resources moves for varying said area directory and moving said service control program means of the user or the communication terminal. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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