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Relay apparatus and relay method

  • US 9,170,739 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2012
  • Issued: 10/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A relay apparatus for relaying data transmitted from a first apparatus to a second apparatus, the relay apparatus comprising:

  • a relay receive buffer which stores data transmitted from the first apparatus;

    a relay transmit buffer which corresponds to the relay receive buffer and stores data to be transmitted to the second apparatus;

    a management information storage section which stores first management information for managing an address of the relay receive buffer and second management information for managing an address of the relay transmit buffer;

    an information processing section which stores, when receiving data directed to the second apparatus from the first apparatus, the received data in the relay receive buffer, and swaps the address of the relay receive buffer managed by the first management information for the address of the relay transmit buffer managed by the second management information; and

    a transmission section which transmits to the second apparatus data stored at the address of the relay transmit buffer managed by the second management information.

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