Relay apparatus and network relay method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsTomoe Kawakami, Takehiko Okuyama, Takashi Kokubo, Jun Okazaki, Hiroaki Kobayashi
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Abstract
A relay apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention includes an ID acquisition unit configured to acquire the unique ID of a partner device connected to a predetermined network, and a control unit which controls various processes on the basis of the unique ID of the partner device, which is acquired by the ID acquisition unit.
Claims16
A relay apparatus comprising:
- a first connection unit configured to connect with a first network;
- a second connection unit configured to connect with a second network different from the first network;
- an ID acquisition unit configured to acquire a unique ID of a partner device connected to the second network through the second connection unit;
- an ID comparison unit configured to compare a unique ID of its own with the unique ID of the partner device;
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- a control unit which control to set the unique ID again to make the IDs inconsistent, when it is found as a result of comparison by the comparison unit that the unique ID of its own coincides with the unique ID of the partner device.
A relay apparatus comprising:
- a first connection unit configured to connect with a first network;
- a second connection unit configured to connect with a second network different from the first network;
- an ID storage unit configured to store in advance a unique ID of the partner device;
- an ID acquisition unit configured to acquire a unique ID of a partner device connected to the second network through the second connection unit;
- an ID comparison unit configured to compare the stored unique ID with the acquired unique ID to perform determination;
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- a control unit which executes connection to the partner device connected to the second network through the second connection unit, when coincidence between the unique IDs is confirmed by the ID comparison unit.
A network relay method of relaying a first network and a second network different from the first network, comprising:
- acquiring a unique ID of a partner device connected to the second network;
- comparing a unique ID of its own with the unique ID of the partner device;
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- setting the unique ID again to make the IDs inconsistent, when it is found as a result of comparison by the comparison unit that the unique ID of its own coincides with the unique ID of the partner device.
A network relay method of relaying a first network and a second network different from the first network, comprising:
- storing in advance a unique ID of the partner device;
- acquiring a unique ID of a partner device connected to the second network through the second connection unit;
- comparing the stored unique ID with the acquired unique ID;
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- connecting the partner device connected to the second network through the second connection unit, when coincidence between the unique IDs is confirmed by the ID comparison unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.