Apparatus, method, and program for communication
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMitsuki Hinosugi, Hiroshi Kyusojin, Hideki Matsumoto, Masato Kajimoto, Tsuyoshi Kano
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Abstract
A communication apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus includes a transmission unit adapted to transmit data via a network, a receiving unit adapted to receive data supplied via the network, an interface unit adapted to supply to-be-transmitted data to the transmission unit and extract particular information from data received by the receiving unit, and a control unit configured to control an operation state of the interface unit.
Claims17
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a transmission unit adapted to transmit data via a network,
- a receiving unit adapted to receive data supplied via the network;
- an interface unit adapted to supply to-be-transmitted data to the transmission unit and extract particular information from data received by the receiving unit;
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- control means for controlling an operation state of the interface unit.
The communication apparatus according to claim wherein the state setting means sets the state setting information such that when the state setting information indicates the active state, if the result of the detection by the state notification detection means is a detection of the received signal over a predetermined period of time or if the result of the detection is a detection of an active link pulse signal in the form of a pulse sequence corresponding to the active state, then the state setting means sets the state setting information so as to indicate the idle state.
A communication method for communication by a communication apparatus comprising a transmission unit adapted to transmit data via a network, a receiving unit adapted to receive data supplied via the network, and an interface unit adapted to supply to-be-transmitted data to the transmission unit and extract particular information from data received by the receiving unit, the method comprising:
- controlling an operation state of the interface unit.
A computer program stored on a computer-readable medium including executable instructions that when executed by a processor perform processing steps associated with a communication apparatus comprising a transmission unit adapted to transmit data via a network, a receiving unit adapted to receive data supplied via the network, and an interface unit adapted to supply to-be-transmitted data to the transmission unit and extract particular information from data received by the receiving unit, said steps comprising:
- controlling an operation state of the interface unit.
A communication apparatus comprising:
- a transmission unit adapted to transmit data via a network;
- a receiving unit adapted to receive data supplied via the network, and an interface unit adapted to supply to-be-transmitted data to the transmission unit and extract particular information from data received by the receiving unit;
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- a control unit configured to control an operation state of the interface unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.