Switching apparatus applied to a plurality of information processing systems which are closed systems
US6385640B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 23, 1995 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/329
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An switching apparatus including an information sending unit and an information receiving unit. The information sending unit has a selecting block for selecting an information item to be sent to another information system from among information items processed in an information processing system, a specifying block for specifying the information item selected by the selecting block as information to be sent to another information processing system, an extracting block for extracting the information item specified by the specifying block from the information items processed in the information processing system, and a sending block for sending the information item extracted by the extracting block to a predetermined communication system as information to be sent to another information processing system. The information receiving unit has a receiving block for receiving an information item transmitted from the predetermined communication system as information to be sent from another information processing system to the information processing system, and an information supply block for supplying the information item received by the receiving block to the information processing system.
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