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Communication equipment in which data to be transmitted includes a plurality of data groups with information on data format and a converter for converting the data groups

US5835789A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 1, 1995
Grant dateNov 10, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L61/35
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Communication equipment comprises a communication section 3 performing communication with other equipment via a public line, a local area network, or an infrared communication network, a resource information storing section 5 storing what format data equipment can handle, a data storing section 6 storing data to be transmitted, a data conversion section 7 converting data so that the other party of communication can interpret it, a conversion table 8 storing whether currently held data can be converted to a form that the other party of communication can interpret, a conversion- means storing section 9 storing actual conversion means, and a negotiation section 10 knowing what the resource information of equipment of the other part is.

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