Communication method and apparatus
US6745276B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jun 1, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/2849
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Communication method and apparatus for allowing restriction-free transmission of various kinds of information, such as control information, among devices constituting, for example, an IEEE 1394 network. At least one of the network-linked devices is provided with a storage region to/from which data can be written/read out by any other device on the network upon transmission of a predetermined command, so that data can be transmitted throughout the network by using the storage region.
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