Communication device, address input supporting method, and information storage medium

• US 7,066,818 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2001
• Issued: 06/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Konami Digital Entertainment Company Limited (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Konami Corporation, Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Inc. (Konami Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Ikeda, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HANH N
• Application Number:
  US09/947,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20020027899A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,754 Days
• Field of Search: 463/40, 463/39, 463/31, 463/19, 463/42, 463/34, 463/17, 463/7, 463/18, 370/412, 370/352, 370/486, 370/487, 370/490
• US Class Current: 463/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/35 involving non-standard use of addresses for implementing network functionalities, e.g. coding subscription information within the address or functional addressing, i.e. assigning an address to a function

Abstract

Input of an address including a network number and a host number can be facilitated. During data communication, part or all of the network number of a destination IP address is acquired and sequentially stored. When an IP address is to be input, part or all of one network number is selected among those which have been stored based on user designation, and user input of any remaining part of the network number and the host number is received. The part or all of the network number and any remaining part of the network number and the host number are combined to form an input IP address.

Claims

1. A communication device for transmitting data to a destination device identified by an address including a network number and a host number, comprising:

network number acquisition means for acquiring network number data of an address of a destination device during data communication;

network number storage means for sequentially storing the network number data acquired by said network number acquisition means;

network number selection means for selecting a network number or a partial network number from the stored network number data based on a designation made by a user;

input means for accepting user input data including a host number and/or a remaining portion of said network number if only a partial network number is selected from storage; and

data transmission means for transmitting data to the destination device identified by the destination address, the destination address including the selected network number or partial network number from storage and the user input data.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the address of the destination device is an IP address.

3. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the destination device is connected to a network identified by the network number in the address of the destination device and the destination device is uniquely identified on the network by the host number in the address of the destination device.

4. A method of inputting an address, including a network number and a host number, of a destination device, comprising:

acquiring network number data of an address of a destination device during data communication;

sequentially storing the acquired network number data;

selecting a network number or a partial network number from the stored network number data;

receiving user input of a host number and/or a remaining portion of said network number if only a partial network number is selected from storage; and

determining the address of the destination device based on the selected data from storage and the received user input.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the address of the destination device is an IP address.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the destination device is connected to a network identified by the network number in the address of the destination device and the destination device is uniquely identified on the network by the host number in the address of the destination device.

7. An information storage medium storing a program for inputting an address including a network number and a host number, said program being used by a computer for execution of:

acquiring network number data of an address for a destination device during data communication;

sequentially storing the acquired network number data;

selecting a network number or a partial network number from the stored network number data;

receiving user input of a host number and/or a remaining portion of said network number if only a partial network number is selected from storage; and

determining the address of the destination device based on the selected data from storage and the received user input.

8. The storage medium of claim 7, wherein the address of the destination device is an IP address.

9. The storage medium of claim 7, wherein the destination device is connected to a network identified by the network number in the address of the destination device and the destination device is uniquely identified on the network by the host number in the address of the destination device.

10. A computer-readable medium encoded with a program for inputting an address including a network number and a host number, said program being used by a computer for execution of:

acquiring network number data of an address of a destination device during data communication;

sequentially storing the acquired the network number data;

selecting a network number or a partial network number from the stored network number data;

receiving user input of a host number and/or a remaining portion of said network number if only a partial network number is selected from storage; and

determining the address of the destination device based on the selected data from storage and the received user input.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the address of the destination device is an IP address.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, wherein the destination device is connected to a network identified by the network number in the address of the destination device and the destination device is uniquely identified on the network by the host number in the address of the destination device.