Data communication method
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsNoriko Shimba, Masaru Matsui
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Abstract
A data communication function table relating to communication functions is shared between devices. Whether a communication device can operate in an autonomous communication mode or request/response communication mode can be therefore determined, the data type can be determined, the data size and data identification information can be acquired, and a file can be divided to an optimum size for transmission. Network traffic is therefore reduced and the effective communication speed is improved for data communication between devices over a network.
Claims8
A data communication method for communicating data between two or more communication devices connected to a network, comprising:
- a data communication function table for storing functions relating to data communication disposed in memory in the communication devices;
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- a data communication control unit;
- wherein data is communicated between the communication devices by the data communication control unit which reads and writes to the data communication function table.
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