Information signal transmitting apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsJunichi Nakata, Yoshihiro Wakita
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Abstract
Disclosed is an information signal transmitting apparatus for transmitting and receiving a desired information signal via a network, by which apparatus the work of installing a variety of equipment is simplified. Information indicating an attribute of each equipment and an address of the equipment are transmitted and received via the network between the variety of equipment. Whether one piece of equipment is connectable or not to another is determined based on the received attribute information. The connection between the two pieces of equipment is established based on the determined result.
Claims14
An information signal transmitting apparatus for transmitting and receiving a desired information signal via a network, comprising:
- identification information delivering means for delivering, to other pieces of equipment on said network, attribute information indicating an attribute of said apparatus and an equipment address indicating an address of said apparatus on said network;
- identification information acquiring means for acquiring, from said other pieces of equipment, attribute information of said other pieces of equipment and equipment addresses of said other pieces of equipment;
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- determining means for comparing information signal format information included in the attribute information of said other pieces of equipment acquired by said identification information acquiring means with information signal format information included in the attribute information delivered from said identification information delivering means and indicating the attribute of said apparatus, and determining whether said information signal can be communicated between said other pieces of equipment and said apparatus.
An information signal transmitting method for use with an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a desired information signal via a network, comprising:
- an identification information delivering step for delivering, to other pieces of equipment on said network, attribute information indicating an attribute of said apparatus and an equipment address indicating an address of said apparatus on said network,
- an identification information acquiring step for acquiring, from said other pieces of equipment, attribute information of said other pieces of equipment and equipment addresses of said other pieces of equipment, and
- a determining step for comparing information signal format information included in the attribute information of said other pieces of equipment acquired by said identification information acquiring step with information signal format information included in the attribute information delivered in said identification information delivering step and indicating the attribute of said apparatus, and determining whether said information signal can be communicated between said other pieces of equipment and said apparatus.
A medium storing an information signal transmitting program executable by an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a desired information signal via a network, said program comprising:
- an identification information delivering step for delivering, to other pieces of equipment on said network, attribute information indicating an attribute of said apparatus and an equipment address indicating an address of said apparatus on said network,
- an identification information acquiring step for acquiring, from said other pieces of equipment, attribute information of said other pieces of equipment and equipment addresses of said other pieces of equipment, and
- a determining step for comparing information signal format information included in the attribute information of said other pieces of equipment acquired by said identification information acquiring step with information signal format information included in the attribute information delivered in said identification information delivering step and indicating the attribute of said apparatus, and determining whether said information signal can be communicated between said other pieces of equipment and said apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.