Method and apparatus for providing communication between grouped receivers and management thereof
First Claim
1. A communication method performed in an information processing system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses, said plurality of information processing apparatus being grouped into a plurality of groups, and a communication line for interconnecting said plurality of information processing apparatuses, said communication method comprising the steps of:
- when sending information from a sending information processing apparatus to others of a plurality of information processing apparatuses of a group, selecting, by said sending information processing apparatus, one information processing apparatus from said plurality of information processing apparatuses of said group as a representative information processing apparatus;
sending, by said sending information processing apparatus, said transmission information to said representative information processing apparatus;
receiving said transmission information in said representative information processing apparatus; and
sending said transmission information from said representative information processing apparatus to any other information processing apparatuses in said group to which said representative information processing apparatus belongs.
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Abstract
An information processing system and a communication method performed in the information processing system for performing data transmission effectively. The information processing system includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses and a communication line for interconnecting the plurality of information processing apparatuses. A sending information processing apparatus, when sending information to the plurality of information processing apparatuses, sends transmission information to one of the plurality of information processing apparatuses. The one information processing apparatus sends the received transmission information to the other information processing apparatuses of the plurality of information processing apparatuses.
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18 Claims
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1. A communication method performed in an information processing system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses, said plurality of information processing apparatus being grouped into a plurality of groups, and a communication line for interconnecting said plurality of information processing apparatuses, said communication method comprising the steps of:
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when sending information from a sending information processing apparatus to others of a plurality of information processing apparatuses of a group, selecting, by said sending information processing apparatus, one information processing apparatus from said plurality of information processing apparatuses of said group as a representative information processing apparatus; sending, by said sending information processing apparatus, said transmission information to said representative information processing apparatus; receiving said transmission information in said representative information processing apparatus; and sending said transmission information from said representative information processing apparatus to any other information processing apparatuses in said group to which said representative information processing apparatus belongs.
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2. A communication method performed in an information processing system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses, each having at least one processing execution section, said plurality of processing execution sections being grouped into a plurality of groups, and a communication line for interconnecting said plurality of information processing apparatuses, said communication method comprising the steps of:
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when sending information from a sending processing execution section of a sending information processing apparatus to a plurality of processing execution sections of others of said plurality of information processing apparatuses in a group, selecting, by said sending information processing apparatus, any one of said plurality of processing execution sections of said group as a representative processing execution section; sending, by said sending information processing apparatus, said transmission information to an information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section; receiving said transmission information in said information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section; and sending, from said information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section, said transmission information to any other information processing apparatuses having said processing execution sections in said group to which said representative processing execution section belongs. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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5. A communication method performed in an information processing system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses each having at least one processing execution section, said plurality of information processing apparatus being grouped into a plurality of groups, said plurality of processing execution sections being grouped into a plurality of groups, and a communication line for interconnecting said plurality of information processing apparatuses, said communication method comprising the steps of:
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when sending information from a sending processing execution section of a sending information processing apparatus to a plurality of processing execution sections of others of said plurality of information processing apparatuses in a group, sending, by said sending information processing apparatus, transmission information to an information processing apparatus having a processing execution section arbitrarily selected from a plurality of processing execution sections of said group; receiving said transmission information in an information processing apparatus having said arbitrarily selected processing execution section; transferring, by said information processing apparatus having said arbitrarily selected processing execution section, if said information processing apparatus having said arbitrarily selected processing execution section does not have said representative processing execution section of said group, said transmission information to an information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section; and sending, by said information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section, when said transmission information has been received by said information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section, said transmission information to other information processing apparatuses having said processing execution sections of said group to which said representative processing execution section belongs. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. An information processing system, comprising:
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a plurality of information processing apparatuses, each having at least one processing execution section, said plurality of processing execution sections being grouped into a plurality of groups; and a communication line for interconnecting said plurality of information processing apparatuses; wherein, a sending information processing apparatus, when sending information from a sending processing execution section to a plurality of other processing execution sections of said plurality of information processing apparatuses in a group, sends transmission information to one of said plurality of information processing apparatuses, and said one information processing apparatus that has received said transmission information sends said transmission information to said other information processing apparatuses of said group; wherein each information processing apparatus comprises; means for arbitrarily selecting one of said plurality of processing execution sections in said group as a representative processing execution section and sending transmission information coming from one of said plurality of processing execution sections to said information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section along with an identifier for indicating a destination group, means for receiving said transmission information and transmitting, based on said identifier for indicating the destination group attached to the transmission information, said transmission information to said processing execution section included in said destination group in said information processing apparatus, and means for transferring, based on said identifier for indicating said destination group attached to said transmission information, said transmission information to other information processing apparatus having processing execution sections in said group. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A computer program for execution in an information processing system having a plurality of information processing apparatuses, said plurality of information processing apparatus being grouped into a plurality of groups, and a communication line for interconnecting said plurality of information processing apparatuses, comprising:
a computer readable medium having stored thereon said computer program including; a first code section for, when sending information from a sending information processing apparatus to others of a plurality of information processing apparatuses of a group, selecting, by said sending information processing apparatus, one information processing apparatus from said plurality of information processing apparatuses of said group as a representative information processing apparatus; a second code section for sending, by said sending information processing apparatus, said transmission information to said representative information processing apparatus; a third code section for receiving said transmission information in said representative information processing apparatus; and a fourth code section for sending said transmission information from said representative information processing apparatus to any other information processing apparatuses in said group to which said representative information processing apparatus belongs.
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13. A computer program for execution in an information processing system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses each having at least one processing execution section, said plurality of processing execution sections being grouped into a plurality of groups, and a communication line for interconnecting said plurality of information processing apparatuses, comprising:
a computer readable medium having stored thereon said computer program including; a first code section for, when sending information from a sending processing execution section of a sending information processing apparatus to a plurality of processing execution sections of others of said plurality of information processing apparatuses in a group, selecting, by said sending information processing apparatus, any one of said plurality of processing execution sections of said group as a representative processing execution section; a second code section for sending, by said sending information processing apparatus, said transmission information to an information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section; a third code section for receiving in said information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section said transmission information; and a fourth code section for sending, from said information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section, said transmission information to any other information processing apparatuses having said processing execution sections in said group to which said representative processing execution section belongs. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A computer program for execution in an information processing system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses each having at least one processing execution section, said plurality of information processing apparatuses being grouped into a plurality of groups, said plurality of processing execution sections being grouped into a plurality of groups, and a communication line for interconnecting said plurality of information processing apparatuses, comprising:
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a computer readable medium having stored thereon said computer program including; a first code section for, when sending information from a sending processing execution section of a sending information processing apparatus to a plurality of processing execution sections of others of said plurality of information processing apparatuses in a group, sending, by said sending information processing apparatus, transmission information to an information processing apparatus having a processing execution section arbitrarily selected from a plurality of processing execution sections of said group; a second code section for receiving, in an information processing apparatus having said arbitrarily selected processing execution section, said transmission information; a third code section for transferring, by said information processing apparatus having said arbitrarily selected processing execution section, if said information processing apparatus having said arbitrarily selected processing execution section does not have said representative processing execution section of said group, said transmission information to an information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section; and a fourth code section for sending, by said information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section, when said transmission information has been received by said information processing apparatus having said representative processing execution section, said transmission information to other information processing apparatuses having said processing execution sections of said group to which said representative processing execution section belongs. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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