Method and apparatus for transferring information to a plurality of offices in series in a network
First Claim
1. An apparatus for transmitting information from a server office to a plurality of offices connected in series in a network, said apparatus comprising:
- receiving means for receiving said information; and
transferring means for first transferring said received information to an intermediate office which is in said series and located at least a non-adjacent second office away from said server office, another office in said series being interpopsed between said server office and said intermediate office, said intermediate office functioning as a new server office and downloading the information received by the receiving means to additional offices located in said series at a downstream side of the intermediate office, wherein said transferring means also transfers said received information to at least one office located in said series at an upstream side of said intermediate office.
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Abstract
A method of transferring information to a plurality of offices connected in series in a network includes the following steps. A step (a) is transferring the information from a server office to an intermediate office being substantially intermediate in the plurality of offices. A step (b) is setting the intermediate office which received the information in the step (a) to the server office. A step (c) is virtually dividing the plurality of offices into two groups which respectively include the server offices. And, a step (d) is repeating the steps (a) to (c) for each of the two groups.
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1. An apparatus for transmitting information from a server office to a plurality of offices connected in series in a network, said apparatus comprising:
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receiving means for receiving said information; and transferring means for first transferring said received information to an intermediate office which is in said series and located at least a non-adjacent second office away from said server office, another office in said series being interpopsed between said server office and said intermediate office, said intermediate office functioning as a new server office and downloading the information received by the receiving means to additional offices located in said series at a downstream side of the intermediate office, wherein said transferring means also transfers said received information to at least one office located in said series at an upstream side of said intermediate office. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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