Communication control apparatus and method
First Claim
1. Communication control apparatus for use in a particular terminal which can communicate with other terminals, comprising;
- transmission means for transmitting terminal discriminating information to discriminate the particular terminal;
receiving means for receiving terminal discriminating information transmitted by other terminals;
discrimination means for discriminating at least one other terminal capable of communicating with the particular terminal in accordance with the terminal discriminating information received by said receiving means;
group-setting means for setting the particular terminal and at least one other terminal discriminated by said discrimination means as member terminals of a group; and
information sending means for sending information to at least one member terminal of the group.
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Abstract
Communication control apparatus capable of communicating among plural users when the plural users bring respective equipment into proximity of each other includes a transmission section to transmit terminal discriminating information to discriminate a particular terminal. A receiving section receives terminal discriminating information transmitted by another terminal or terminals. A discrimination section discriminates other terminal(s) capable of communicating with the particular terminal in accordance with the terminal discriminating information received by the receiving section. A group-set section sets one terminal or plural terminals among terminals discriminated by the discrimination means as members of the same group. An information sending section sends the same information to the terminals set by the group-set means.
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35 Claims
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1. Communication control apparatus for use in a particular terminal which can communicate with other terminals, comprising;
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transmission means for transmitting terminal discriminating information to discriminate the particular terminal; receiving means for receiving terminal discriminating information transmitted by other terminals; discrimination means for discriminating at least one other terminal capable of communicating with the particular terminal in accordance with the terminal discriminating information received by said receiving means; group-setting means for setting the particular terminal and at least one other terminal discriminated by said discrimination means as member terminals of a group; and information sending means for sending information to at least one member terminal of the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A communication control method for use in a particular terminal which can communicate with other terminals, comprising the steps of;
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transmitting terminal discriminating information from the particular terminal to discriminate the particular terminal; receiving terminal discriminating information transmitted by other terminals; discriminating at least one other terminal capable of communicating with the particular terminal in accordance with the terminal discriminating information received in the receiving step; setting the particular terminal and at least one other terminal discriminated in the discriminating step as member terminals of a group; and sending information to at least one member terminal of the group.
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9. Communication control apparatus for use in a particular terminal which can communicate with other terminals, comprising;
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terminal information storage means for storing terminal information identifying at least one other terminal capable of communicating with the particular terminal; terminal information transfer means for transferring the terminal information to said at least one other terminal; collected information storage means for storing the terminal information transferred to the particular terminal by said at least one other terminal as collected information; and terminal restriction means for restricting terminals capable of communicating with each other in accordance with both the terminal information and the collected information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A communication control method for use in a particular terminal which can communicate with other terminals, comprising the steps of;
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storing terminal information identifying at least one other terminal capable of communicating with the particular terminal; transferring the terminal information to said at least one other terminal; storing the terminal information transferred to the particular terminal by said at least one other terminal as collected information; and restricting terminals capable of communicating with each other in accordance with both the terminal information and the collected information.
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16. Communication control apparatus for use in a particular terminal which can communicate with other terminals, comprising;
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group set means for setting one group to include plural terminals making a communication request from the particular terminal; and multipoint-to-multipoint set means for setting multipoint-to-multipoint connections among all terminals in the group set by said group set means. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A communication control method for use in a particular terminal which can communicate with other terminals, comprising steps of:
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setting one group to include plural terminals making a communication request from the particular terminal; and setting multipoint-to-multipoint connections among all terminals in the group set in the setting step.
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21. Communication control apparatus for use in a particular terminal which can communicate with other terminals, comprising:
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group set means for setting a group to include plural terminals in accordance with a request for communication from the particular terminal; group-identifier memory means for storing a group-identifier of the group set by said group set means; discriminating information input means for inputting discriminating information for the group-identifier stored in said group-identifier memory means; discriminating information sending means for sending the discriminating information to another terminal of the group; discriminating information storage means for storing other discriminating information sent by another terminal; discriminating information request means for requesting the other discriminating information of the group-identifier; and display means for displaying the discriminating information of the group-identifier requested by said discriminating information request means. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A communication control method for use in a particular terminal which can communicate with other terminals, comprising the steps of:
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setting a group to include plural terminals in accordance with a request for communication from the particular terminal; storing a group-identifier of the group set in the setting step, inputting discriminating information of the group-identifier stored in the storing step; sending the discriminating information to another terminal of the group; storing other discriminating information sent by another terminal; requesting the other discriminating information of the group-identifier; and displaying the other discriminating information of the group-identifier requested in the requesting step.
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26. Communication control apparatus for a particular terminal which can communicate with other terminals, comprising:
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equipment information storage means for storing equipment information identifying first equipment capable of communicating with the particular terminal; equipment information transfer means for transferring the equipment information to other equipments; collected information storage means for storing other equipment information transferred by the other equipments as collected information; equipment restriction means for restricting the other equipment capable of communicating with each other in accordance with both the equipment information and the collected information; exchange means for exchanging function-information of the first equipment with other function-information of the other equipment restricted by said equipment restriction means; processing equipment restriction means for restricting at least one other equipment having a function which the first equipment does not have, in accordance with the other function-information exchanged by said exchange means; and information transfer means for transferring information to the at least one other equipment restricted by said processing equipment restriction means, wherein the information is required to be processed by the at least one other equipment. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. Communication control method for use in a particular terminal which can communicate with other terminals, comprising the steps of:
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storing equipment information identifying first equipment capable of communicating with the particular terminal; transferring the equipment information to other equipments; storing other equipment information transferred by the other equipments as collected information; restricting the other equipment capable of communicating with each other in accordance with both the equipment information and the collected information; exchanging function-information of the first equipment with other function-information of the other equipment restricted in the restricting step; restricting at least one other equipment having a function which the first equipment does not have, in accordance with the other function-information exchanged in the exchanging step; and transferring information to the at least one other equipment restricted in the restricting step, wherein the information is required to be processed by at least one other equipment.
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30. A computer readable memory containing computer-readable instructions to control communication in a particular terminal, comprising:
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instruction means for causing a computer to transmit a terminal discriminating information to discriminate the particular terminal; instruction means for causing the computer to receive other terminal discriminating information transmitted by other terminals; instruction means for causing the computer to discriminate at least one other terminal capable of communicating with the particular terminal in accordance with the other terminal discriminating information; instruction means for causing the computer to set the particular terminal and at least one other terminal as member terminals of a group; and instruction means for causing the computer to send information to at least one member terminal of the group.
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31. A computer readable memory containing computer-readable instructions to control communication in a particular terminal, comprising:
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instruction means for causing a computer to store terminal information identifying at least one other terminal capable of communicating with the particular terminal; instruction means for causing the computer to transfer the terminal information to the at least one other terminal; instruction means for causing the computer to store other terminal information transferred to the particular terminal by the at least one other terminal as collected information; and instruction means for causing the computer to restrict terminals capable of communicating with each other in accordance with both the terminal information and the collected information.
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32. A computer readable memory containing computer-readable instructions to control communication in a particular terminal, comprising:
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instruction means for causing a computer to set one group to include plural terminals making a communication request from the particular terminal; and instruction means for causing the computer to set multipoint-to-multipoint connections among all terminals in the group.
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33. A computer readable memory containing computer-readable instructions to control communication in a particular terminal;
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instruction means for causing a computer to set a group to include plural terminals in accordance with a request for communication from the particular terminal; instruction means for causing a computer to store a group-identifier of the group; instruction means for causing the computer to input a discriminating information of the group-identifier; instruction means for causing the computer to send the discriminating information to other terminal(s) of the group; instruction means for causing the computer to store other discriminating information sent by the other terminal(s); instruction means for causing the computer to request the other discriminating information of the group-identifier; and instruction means for causing the computer to display the other discriminating information of the group-identifier requested.
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34. A computer readable memory containing computer-readable instructions to control communication in a particular terminal;
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instruction means for causing a computer to store an equipment information identifying a first equipment capable of communicating with the particular terminal; instruction means for causing the computer to transfer the equipment information to other equipments; instruction means for causing the computer to store other equipment information transferred by the other equipments as collected information; instruction means for causing the computer to restrict the other equipment capable of communicating with each other in accordance with both the equipment information and the collected information; instruction means for causing the computer to exchange a function-information of the first equipment with other-function information of the other equipment restricted; instruction means for causing the computer to restrict at least one other equipment having a function which the first equipment does not have, in accordance with the other function-information exchanged; and instruction means for causing the computer to transfer information to the at least one other equipment restricted, wherein the information is required to be processed by the at least one other equipment.
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35. A communication terminal comprising:
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transmission means for transmitting a specific terminal discriminating information to identify the terminal; receiving means for receiving other terminal discriminating information transmitted by another terminal or terminals; discrimination means for discriminating at least one other terminal capable of communicating with the terminal in accordance with the other terminal discriminating information received by said receiving means, group-set means for setting the terminal and at least one other terminal discriminated by said discrimination means as member terminals of a group; and information sending means for sending information to at least one member terminal of the group.
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