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Communication system and communication control method for the same

US5887136A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 2, 1996
Grant dateMar 23, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/24
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication system housing a plurality of terminals capable of processing one or more media is provided with an available terminal information storage section for storing a terminal or terminals to be used for each user, an available media information storage section for storing a medium or media or a media realization scheme or schemes to be used for each terminal, a determination section for determining a combination of one or more media or one or more media realization schemes and a terminal combination of one or more terminals to be used by each user in accordance with the contents of the available terminal information storage section and the available media information storage section for each of users engaged in communications according to communication requests and a control section for controlling setting of call/connections based on the media combination and the terminal combination determined by the determination section.

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