EP0917380A2
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Information transmission control apparatus for transmitting same information to a plurality of destinations, and information reception apparatus for receiving information from information transmission control apparatus
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1998-10-05
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-10-05
Abstract
Abstract An information transmission control apparatus for relaying information that allows a receiver's reply, from an information provider apparatus to a plurality of information reception apparatuses. The information transmission control apparatus sets different delay time for transmitting the information to each destination, based on random numbers or instructions from the information provider apparatus. Each time delay time for any of the destinations has elapsed, the information transmission control apparatus transmits the information to one or more information reception apparatuses that are the destination.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshifumi Yonemoto
- 👤 Hidetaka Ohto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 07:04
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04H; H04H60/00; H04H60/29; H04H60/33; H04H20/00; H04H20/02; H04H20/06; H04H20/65; H04H20/71; H04H20/72; H04H60/27; H04H60/76; H04H60/81; H04H60/90; H04H60/91; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/02; H04L12/16; H04L12/18; H04L12/1881; H04L12/1886; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/04; H04L67/50; H04L67/60; H04L67/62; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329; H04H2201/00; H04H2201/70; H04H60/09; H04H60/14; H04L12/1863; H04L12/1868; H04L12/189; H04L67/02; H04W; H04W4/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
214 words
An information transmission control apparatus for relaying
broadcast information from an information provider apparatus to
a plurality of information reception apparatuses, wherein the
broadcast information allows a user of each of the plurality of
information reception apparatuses to reply to the broadcast
information, the information transmission control apparatus
comprising: a memory; reception means for receiving the broadcast information from
the information provider apparatus and storing the broadcast
information into the memory; delay time determination means for determining transmission
delay time for each of a plurality of destinations so that
transmission delay time is different for at least two
destinations, the transmission delay time being a time period that is to
elapse before transmitting the broadcast information to each of
the plurality of destinations, and each of the plurality of destinations being at least one of
the plurality of information reception apparatuses; delay time elapse detection means for detecting whether the
transmission delay time determined for each of the plurality of
destinations has elapsed, after the broadcast information is
received by the reception means; and transmission means for transmitting, each time the delay time
elapse detection means detects that transmission delay time for
one of the plurality of destinations has elapsed, the broadcast
information to at least one information reception apparatus which
is the destination.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
85 words
The information transmission control apparatus of Claim
1, further comprising transmission specification information reception means for
receiving transmission specification information that is
transmitted from the information provider apparatus along with
the broadcast information, and for storing the transmission
specification information into the memory, wherein the transmission specification information specifies
the transmission delay time for each of the plurality of
destinations, and wherein the delay time determination means determines the
transmission delay time for each of the plurality of destinations
according to the transmission specification information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The information transmission control apparatus of Claim
2, wherein the broadcast information is an HTML document
including link information to other documents located on a WWW.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
66 words
The information transmission control apparatus of Claim
2, wherein each of the plurality of destinations is at least two
of the plurality of information reception apparatuses, and wherein, each time the delay time elapse detection means
detects that the transmission delay time for one of the plurality
of destinations has elapsed, the transmission means transmits the
broadcast information to information reception apparatuses which
are the destination.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
The information transmission control apparatus of Claim
1, wherein the delay time determination means includes a random number generation unit for generating random
numbers, and wherein the delay time determination means determines the
transmission delay time for each of the plurality of destinations
based on the random numbers generated by the random number
generation unit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
The information transmission control apparatus of Claim
5, wherein each of the plurality of destinations is at least two
of the plurality of information reception apparatuses, and wherein, each time the delay time elapse detection means
detects that the transmission delay time for one of the plurality
of destinations has elapsed, the transmission means transmits the
broadcast information to information reception apparatuses which
are the destination.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
96 words
The information transmission control apparatus of Claim
1, wherein the delay time determination means includes: a transmission order determination unit for determining a
transmission order for the plurality of destinations; and a time interval storage unit for storing a predetermined time
period, and wherein the delay time determination means determines the
transmission delay time for each of the plurality of destinations
so that transmission delay time for an "n"th destination in the
transmission order, among the plurality of destinations, is set
at "(the predetermined time period) × (n-1)", "n" being an integer
no less than 1.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
156 words
An information reception apparatus that receives broadcast
information from an information transmission control apparatus
and notifies a user of a reception of the broadcast information,
wherein the broadcast information allows the user to reply to the
broadcast information, the information reception apparatus
comprising: a memory; reception means for receiving the broadcast information and
storing the broadcast information into the memory; unique information storage means for storing unique
information that differs to unique information of at least one
of other information reception apparatuses which receive the
broadcast information same as the information reception
apparatus; delay time determination means for determining time based on
the unique information; delay time elapse detection means for detecting whether the
determined time has elapsed, after the broadcast information is
received by the reception means; and notification means for notifying the user of the reception
of the broadcast information when the delay time elapse detection
means detects that the determined time has elapsed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The information reception apparatus of Claim 8, wherein the time determined by the delay time determination
means is changeable.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
169 words
The information reception apparatus of Claim 9, wherein the unique information is a set of identification
information, wherein the information reception apparatus receives delay
specification information from the information transmission
control apparatus along with the broadcast information, the delay
specification information being at least one set of
correspondence information between a set of specification
information for specifying notification delay time and a set of
identification information for identifying at least one
information reception apparatus, the notification delay time
being a time period that is to elapse before notifying a user of
a reception of the broadcast information, wherein the information reception apparatus further
comprises delay specification information reception means for receiving
the delay specification information from the information
transmission control apparatus and storing the delay
specification information into the memory, and wherein the delay time determination means refers to the
delay specification information and determines the time according
to a set of specification information which corresponds to the
set of identification information stored in the unique
information storage means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
The information reception apparatus of Claim 10, wherein the broadcast information is an HTML document
including link information to other documents on a WWW.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The information reception apparatus of Claim 11, further
comprising display means for displaying the broadcast information after
the notification means notifies the user of the reception of the
broadcast information.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
51 words
The information reception apparatus of Claim 8, wherein the delay time determination means includes a random number generation unit for generating random numbers
using the unique information, and wherein the delay time determination means determines the
time based on one of the random numbers generated by the random
number generation unit.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
136 words
The information reception apparatus of Claim 13, further
comprising delay specification information reception means for
receiving, when delay specification information is transmitted
from the information transmission control apparatus along with
the broadcast information, the delay specification information
and storing the delay specification information into the memory,
the delay specification information instructing the information
reception apparatus to delay notifying the user of the reception
of the broadcast information, wherein after the broadcast information is received by the
reception means, if the delay specification information is stored
in the memory, the notification means notifies the user of the
reception when the delay time elapse detection means detects that
the determined time has elapsed, while if the delay specification
information is not stored in the memory, the notification means
notifies the user of the reception without a time delay.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
The information reception apparatus of Claim 13, wherein the broadcast information is simultaneously
transmitted from the information transmission control apparatus
to a plurality of information reception apparatuses including the
information reception apparatus.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
143 words
An information transmission control apparatus for
transmitting broadcast information to a plurality of information
reception apparatuses, wherein the broadcast information allows
a user of each of the plurality of information reception
apparatuses to reply to the broadcast information, the
information transmission control apparatus comprising: transmission information storage means for storing the
broadcast information; delay specification information storage means for storing
delay specification information that specifies notification delay
time for each of the plurality of information reception
apparatuses, the notification delay time being a time period that
is to elapse before each of the plurality of information
reception apparatuses notifies the user of a reception of the
broadcast information; and transmission means for transmitting the broadcast information
stored in the transmission information storage means and the
delay specification information stored in the delay specification
information storage means to the plurality of information
reception apparatuses.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
The information transmission control apparatus of Claim
16, wherein the broadcast information is an HTML document that
includes link information to other documents located on a WWW.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
The information transmission control apparatus of Claim
16, wherein the transmission means simultaneously transmits the
broadcast information and the delay specification information to
the plurality of information reception apparatuses.
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