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Network system and communication device

  • US 7,848,768 B2
  • Filed: 08/02/2005
  • Issued: 12/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network system comprising:

  • at least first and second communication devices connected in a network,wherein the first communication device includes;

    inquiry means for inquiring the attributes of the second communication device to the second communication device via the network,the second communication device includes;

    attribute holding means for holding the attributes; and

    search means for searching for the attributes held in the attribute holding means in response to the inquiry and responds back with the search result to the inquiry means, andthe attribute holding means and the search means operate in a data link layer, the data link layer being one of a plurality of layers of an Open System Interconnection reference model for layered network communications.

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