US5664220A — Information transmission/reception system for tra…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 541 words

An information transmission/reception system including an information transmission apparatus for transmitting information, and a plurality of information reception apparatuses for receiving said information, each of said information transmission apparatuses comprising: a record media for recording the information; a read means for reading the information recorded on said record media; an address management means for specifying addresses of the information to be read by said read means; a plurality of reception means for receiving requests for transmission of the information recorded on said record media; a generation means for generating transmission information by adding address information corresponding to the address specified by said address management means to the information read from said record media by said read means; a plurality of transmission means for sequentially transmitting the transmission information to which the address information is added by said generation means; and, a control means for controlling transmission of the information from said plurality of transmission means in accordance with reception of transmission requests at each of said plurality of reception means; each of said plurality of information reception apparatuses comprising: a transmission means for transmitting a request for transmitting the information recorded on said record media to said information transmission apparatus; a reception means for receiving said transmission means of said information transmission apparatus; a record media for recording said transmission information received at said reception means of said information reception apparatus; and, registering means for registering said transmission information received at said reception means of said information reception apparatus on said record media of the reception apparatuses based on the address information added to said transmission information; wherein said address management means comprises: an address generation means for sequentially generating the addresses in such a manner that the address generating means sequentially generates from a top address to an end address of the information and then returns to the top address for again generating the addresses sequentially until an instruction for terminating the specification of the addresses is issued; a register which, while the information is being transmitted to a first one of said information reception apparatuses through the first transmission means of said plurality of transmission means, upon receipt of a request to transmit the same information from a second one of said information reception apparatuses, holds a transmission start address of the information transmitted to the second information reception apparatus; and, a comparison means for comparing each address of the information read by said read means with the address held in said register for detecting a match therebetween; wherein while the information is being transmitted to the first information reception apparatus through the first transmission means, upon receipt of a request to transmit the same information from the second information reception apparatus, said control means of said information transmission apparatus controls the second transmission means so as to transmit the information to the second information reception apparatus starting at a current point at which the information is being transmitted to the first information reception apparatus through the first transmission means, and when said comparison means detects a match between the addresses, said control means instructs said address generation means to terminate the generation of the address, for terminating the transmission of the information to the second information reception apparatus.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 541 words

An information transmission/reception system including an information transmission apparatus for transmitting information, and a plurality of information reception apparatuses for receiving said information, each of said information transmission apparatuses comprising: a record media for recording the information; a read means for reading the information recorded on said record media; an address management means for specifying addresses of the information to be read by said read means; a plurality of reception means for receiving requests for transmission of the information recorded on said record media; a generation means for generating transmission information by adding address information corresponding to the address specified by said address management means to the information read from said record media by said read means; a plurality of transmission means for sequentially transmitting the transmission information to which the address information is added by said generation means; and, a control means for controlling transmission of the information from said plurality of transmission means in accordance with reception of transmission requests at each of said plurality of reception means; each of said plurality of information reception apparatuses comprising: a transmission means for transmitting a request for transmitting the information recorded on said record media to said information transmission apparatus; a reception means for receiving said transmission means of said information transmission apparatus; a record media for recording said transmission information received at said reception means of said information reception apparatus; and, registering means for registering said transmission information received at said reception means of said information reception apparatus on said record media of the reception apparatuses based on the address information added to said transmission information; wherein said address management means comprises: an address generation means for sequentially generating the addresses in such a manner that the address generating means sequentially generates from a top address to an end address of the information and then returns to the top address for again generating the addresses sequentially until an instruction for terminating the specification of the addresses is issued; a register which, while the information is being transmitted to a first one of said information reception apparatuses through the first transmission means of said plurality of transmission means, upon receipt of a request to transmit the same information from a second one of said information reception apparatuses, holds a transmission start address of the information transmitted to the second information reception apparatus; and, a comparison means for comparing each address of the information read by said read means with the address held in said register for detecting a match therebetween; wherein while the information is being transmitted to the first information reception apparatus through the first transmission means, upon receipt of a request to transmit the same information from the second information reception apparatus, said control means of said information transmission apparatus controls the second transmission means so as to transmit the information to the second information reception apparatus starting at a current point at which the information is being transmitted to the first information reception apparatus through the first transmission means, and when said comparison means detects a match between the addresses, said control means instructs said address generation means to terminate the generation of the address, for terminating the transmission of the information to the second information reception apparatus.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 349 words

An information transmission/reception system including an information transmission apparatus for transmitting information, and a plurality of information reception apparatuses for receiving said information, said information transmission apparatus comprising: a record media for recording the information; a read means for reading the information recorded on said record media; an address management means for specifying addresses of the information to be read by said read means; a plurality of reception means for receiving requests for transmission of the information recorded on said record media; a generation means for generating transmission information by adding address information corresponding to the address specified by said address management means to the information read from said record media by said read means; a plurality of transmission means for sequentially transmitting the transmission information to which the address information is added by said generation means; and, a control means for controlling transmission of the information from said plurality of transmission means in accordance with reception of transmission requests at each of said plurality of reception means and for issuing an instruction for terminating the specification of the addresses of the information; each of said plurality of information reception apparatuses comprising: a transmission means for transmitting a request for transmitting the information recorded on said record media to said information transmission apparatus; a reception means for receiving said transmission information transmitted from said transmission means of said information transmission apparatus; a record media for recording said transmission information received at said reception means of said information reception apparatus; and, a registering means for registering said transmission information received at said reception means of said information reception apparatus, at addresses indicated by the address information added to said transmission information, on said record media of the information reception apparatuses; wherein said address management means comprises address generation means for generating the addresses in such a manner that the address management means sequentially generates from a top address to an end address of the information and then returns to the top address for again generating the addresses sequentially until the instruction for terminating the specification of the addresses is issued.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 349 words

An information transmission/reception system including an information transmission apparatus for transmitting information, and a plurality of information reception apparatuses for receiving said information, said information transmission apparatus comprising: a record media for recording the information; a read means for reading the information recorded on said record media; an address management means for specifying addresses of the information to be read by said read means; a plurality of reception means for receiving requests for transmission of the information recorded on said record media; a generation means for generating transmission information by adding address information corresponding to the address specified by said address management means to the information read from said record media by said read means; a plurality of transmission means for sequentially transmitting the transmission information to which the address information is added by said generation means; and, a control means for controlling transmission of the information from said plurality of transmission means in accordance with reception of transmission requests at each of said plurality of reception means and for issuing an instruction for terminating the specification of the addresses of the information; each of said plurality of information reception apparatuses comprising: a transmission means for transmitting a request for transmitting the information recorded on said record media to said information transmission apparatus; a reception means for receiving said transmission information transmitted from said transmission means of said information transmission apparatus; a record media for recording said transmission information received at said reception means of said information reception apparatus; and, a registering means for registering said transmission information received at said reception means of said information reception apparatus, at addresses indicated by the address information added to said transmission information, on said record media of the information reception apparatuses; wherein said address management means comprises address generation means for generating the addresses in such a manner that the address management means sequentially generates from a top address to an end address of the information and then returns to the top address for again generating the addresses sequentially until the instruction for terminating the specification of the addresses is issued.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 96 words

The information transmission/reception system as claimed in claim 2 wherein said information reception apparatus has a detection means for detecting the reception termination of the information based on the address information, wherein said transmission means of said information reception apparatus sends a notification of the information reception termination to said information transmission apparatus, upon detection of the reception termination of the information, and wherein said control means of said information transmission apparatus terminates transmission of the information upon receipt of the notification of the information reception termination from said transmission means of said information reception apparatus.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 64 words

The information transmission/reception system as claimed in claim 3 wherein said generation means holds a total information amount of information read by said read means and outputs the held total information amount as transmission information data, and wherein said detection means of said information reception apparatus detects the reception termination of the information based on the total information amount instead of the address information.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 38 words

The information transmission/reception system as claimed in claim 2 wherein said generation means divides information read by said read means into blocks of a predetermined length and adds a block address to each information block as address information.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 80 words

The information transmission/reception system as claimed in claim 2 wherein said information transmission apparatus further includes a plurality of transmission information data generation means each for generating at least one entry of predetermined identification information of said information transmission apparatus, an information name and information amount of information read by said read means, and a synchronous signal as transmission information data, said plurality of transmission information data generation means corresponding to said plurality of transmission means on a one-to-one basis.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 216 words

An information transmission apparatus comprising: a record media for recording information; a read means for sequentially reading the information recorded on said record media; an address management means for specifying addresses of the information read by said read means; a plurality of reception means for receiving requests for transmission of the information recorded on said record media; a generation means for generating transmission information by adding address information corresponding to the addresses managed by said address management means to the information read by said read means from said record media; a plurality of transmission means for sequentially transmitting the transmission information to which the address information is added by said generation means; and, a control means for controlling transmission of the information from said plurality of transmission means in accordance with reception of transmission requests at said plurality of reception means and for issuing an instruction for terminating specification of the address of the information; wherein said address management means comprises an address generation means for generating the addresses in such a manner that the address management means sequentially generates from a top address to an end address of the information and then returns to the top address for again generating the address sequentially until the instruction for terminating the generation of the addresses is issued.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 216 words

An information transmission apparatus comprising: a record media for recording information; a read means for sequentially reading the information recorded on said record media; an address management means for specifying addresses of the information read by said read means; a plurality of reception means for receiving requests for transmission of the information recorded on said record media; a generation means for generating transmission information by adding address information corresponding to the addresses managed by said address management means to the information read by said read means from said record media; a plurality of transmission means for sequentially transmitting the transmission information to which the address information is added by said generation means; and, a control means for controlling transmission of the information from said plurality of transmission means in accordance with reception of transmission requests at said plurality of reception means and for issuing an instruction for terminating specification of the address of the information; wherein said address management means comprises an address generation means for generating the addresses in such a manner that the address management means sequentially generates from a top address to an end address of the information and then returns to the top address for again generating the address sequentially until the instruction for terminating the generation of the addresses is issued.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 370 words

An information transmission apparatus comprising: a record media for recording information; a read means for sequentially reading the information recorded on said record media; an address management means for specifying addresses of the information read by said read means; a plurality of reception means for receiving transmission requests for transmission of the information recorded on said record media; a generation means for generating transmission information by adding address information corresponding to the addresses managed by said address management means to the information read by said read means from said record media; a plurality of transmission means for sequentially transmitting the transmission information to which the address information is added by said generation means; and a control means for controlling transmission of the information from said plurality of transmission means in accordance with reception of the transmission requests at said plurality of reception means; wherein said address management means comprises: an address generation means for sequentially generating the addresses in such a manner that the address generation means sequentially generates from a top address to an end address of the information and then returns to the top address for again generating the addresses sequentially until an instruction for terminating the specification of the addresses is issued; a register which, while the information is being transmitted through a first transmission means of said plurality of transmission means, upon reception of a request to transmit the same information, holds a transmission start address of the information transmitted through a second transmission means of said plurality of transmission; and, a comparison means for comparing each address of the information read by said read means with the transmission start address held in said register for detecting a match therebetween; wherein while the information is being transmitted through the first transmission means, upon receipt of a request to transmit the same information, said control means controls the second transmission means for transmitting the information starting at a current point in the information being transmitted through the first transmission means, and when said comparison means detects a match between the addresses, said control means instructs said address generation means to terminate generation of the address for terminating the transmission of the information through said second transmission means.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 370 words

An information transmission apparatus comprising: a record media for recording information; a read means for sequentially reading the information recorded on said record media; an address management means for specifying addresses of the information read by said read means; a plurality of reception means for receiving transmission requests for transmission of the information recorded on said record media; a generation means for generating transmission information by adding address information corresponding to the addresses managed by said address management means to the information read by said read means from said record media; a plurality of transmission means for sequentially transmitting the transmission information to which the address information is added by said generation means; and a control means for controlling transmission of the information from said plurality of transmission means in accordance with reception of the transmission requests at said plurality of reception means; wherein said address management means comprises: an address generation means for sequentially generating the addresses in such a manner that the address generation means sequentially generates from a top address to an end address of the information and then returns to the top address for again generating the addresses sequentially until an instruction for terminating the specification of the addresses is issued; a register which, while the information is being transmitted through a first transmission means of said plurality of transmission means, upon reception of a request to transmit the same information, holds a transmission start address of the information transmitted through a second transmission means of said plurality of transmission; and, a comparison means for comparing each address of the information read by said read means with the transmission start address held in said register for detecting a match therebetween; wherein while the information is being transmitted through the first transmission means, upon receipt of a request to transmit the same information, said control means controls the second transmission means for transmitting the information starting at a current point in the information being transmitted through the first transmission means, and when said comparison means detects a match between the addresses, said control means instructs said address generation means to terminate generation of the address for terminating the transmission of the information through said second transmission means.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 32 words

The information transmission apparatus as claimed in claim 8 wherein said control means, upon receipt of a notification of the information reception termination from a receiving party, terminates transmission of the information.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 38 words

The information transmission apparatus as claimed in claim 8 wherein said generation means divides information read by said read means into blocks of a predetermined length and adds a block address to each information block as address information.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 35 words

The information transmission apparatus as claimed in 8 wherein said generation means holds a total information amount of information read by said read means and outputs the held total information amount as transmission information data.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 75 words

The information transmission apparatus as claimed in claim 8 further including a plurality of transmission information data generation means each for generating at least one entry of predetermined identification information of said information transmission apparatus, an information name and information amount of information read by said read means, and a synchronous signal as transmission information data, said plurality of transmission information data generation means corresponding to said plurality of transmission means on a one-to-one basis.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 148 words

In an information transmission apparatus which has record media for recording information, accepts an information transmission request, and sends information, a method of transmitting information comprising the steps of: accepting a first request to transmit the information; reading the information from said record media in an address order; generating transmission information by adding address information corresponding to addresses of the read information to the read information; transmitting the transmission information which has been added to the address information, to the first information transmission requester; transmitting the information to the second transmission requester starting at the current address of the information being transmitted to the first transmission requester upon acceptance of a second request to transmit the same information while the information is being transmitted; returning to a top address after transmitting the information up to an end address of the information; and continuing the transmission of the information.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 148 words

In an information transmission apparatus which has record media for recording information, accepts an information transmission request, and sends information, a method of transmitting information comprising the steps of: accepting a first request to transmit the information; reading the information from said record media in an address order; generating transmission information by adding address information corresponding to addresses of the read information to the read information; transmitting the transmission information which has been added to the address information, to the first information transmission requester; transmitting the information to the second transmission requester starting at the current address of the information being transmitted to the first transmission requester upon acceptance of a second request to transmit the same information while the information is being transmitted; returning to a top address after transmitting the information up to an end address of the information; and continuing the transmission of the information.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 85 words

The method as claimed in claim 13 further including the steps of: holding a transmission start address of the information transmitted to the second transmission requester while the information is being transmitted to the first transmission requester, upon acceptance of a second request to transmit the same information; comparing each address of the information read from said record media with the held address for detecting a match therebetween; and terminating the information transmission to the second requester upon determination of a match between the addresses.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 40 words

The method as claimed in claim 13 further including the steps of: dividing the information read from said record media into blocks of a predetermined length; and adding a block address to each divided information block, as the address information.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 30 words

The method as claimed in claim 13 wherein when information is transmitted to a transmission requester, a total information amount of the information is further transmitted to the transmission requester.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2000-09-01	2001-03-03	2001-09-02	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2004-09-01	2005-03-03	2005-09-02	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2008-09-01	2009-03-03	2009-09-02	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Information transmission/reception system for transmitting information to requesters, where it is recorded, in response to a plurality of requests

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