US5689244A
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Communication system and electronic apparatus
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1995-06-16
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Granted: 1997-11-18
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Expires: 2015-06-16
Abstract
Abstract A method of controlling communication for a communication system for connecting a plurality of electronic apparatuses through a communication control bus and allowing data communication between those electronic apparatuses wherein each of the electronic apparatuses performs connection control through the execution of a connection control command carried out by writing connection control information in a predetermined storage memory of its own or another electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatuses which attempt to write the connection control information transmit the write instructions to a predetermined storage memory. The storage memory which has received the write instructions, in turn executes only the earliest write instruction received and then transmits responses indicating whether the execution of the respective write instructions was successful or not.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuko Iijima
- 👤 Hisato Shima
- 👤 Harumi Kawamura
- 👤 Makoto Sato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 10:37
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F13/00; G06F13/38; G06F13/42; G06F13/4282; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/02; G11B27/031; G11B27/032; G06F13/14; H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/28; H04L12/40; H04L12/40052; H04L12/40058; H04L12/40065; H04L12/40117; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; G11B2220/00; G11B2220/90; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/06; H04B1/16; H04B1/20; H04B1/202
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
A communication method for connecting a plurality of electronic apparatuses by a communication between said electronic apparatuses comprising the steps of: executing a connection control command during connection control by each of the electronic apparatuses by reading existing connection control information from a predetermined storage means of its own or another electronic apparatus; transmitting write instructions from electronic apparatuses which are going to write new connection control information to the storage means; executing only the earliest write instruction received at the storage means which has received multiple ones of said write instructions; and transmitting, for each write instruction, responses indicating whether the execution of the write instruction has been successful.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
A communication method for connecting a plurality of electronic apparatuses by a communication between said electronic apparatuses comprising the steps of: executing a connection control command during connection control by each of the electronic apparatuses by reading existing connection control information from a predetermined storage means of its own or another electronic apparatus; transmitting write instructions from electronic apparatuses which are going to write new connection control information to the storage means; executing only the earliest write instruction received at the storage means which has received multiple ones of said write instructions; and transmitting, for each write instruction, responses indicating whether the execution of the write instruction has been successful.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
61 words
The communication method according to claim 1, wherein said electronic apparatuses which are going to write connection control information transmit write instructions including first information and second information to be written and wherein the storage means rewrites third information stored therein into said first information only when said third information agrees with said first information and then writes said third information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The communication method according to claim 2, wherein said first information is the information read from the storage means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The communication method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of connecting the apparatuses again based on the connection control information in the storage means in the event of a bus reset during data communication.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
62 words
The communication method according to claim 4, wherein if there is an electronic apparatus managing the connection of the apparatuses throughout the system, said electronic apparatus undertakes the step of connecting the apparatuses and wherein, if there is no electronic apparatus managing the connection of the apparatuses throughout the system, the connecting step is performed by each electronic apparatus on its own.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The communication method according to claim 5, wherein the connection information relating to the connection between the apparatuses includes both identification information uniquely defined for each connection and parameters for said connection.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
89 words
An electronic apparatus for use in a communication system for connecting a plurality of electronic apparatuses by a communication control bus and for performing data communication between said electronic apparatuses comprising: storage means to which connection control information for executing a connection control command is written; and control means for performing control so that said storage means stores only the connection control information associated with the earliest write instruction received and then transmits responses, for each write instruction, indicating whether the execution of the write instruction has been successful.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
89 words
An electronic apparatus for use in a communication system for connecting a plurality of electronic apparatuses by a communication control bus and for performing data communication between said electronic apparatuses comprising: storage means to which connection control information for executing a connection control command is written; and control means for performing control so that said storage means stores only the connection control information associated with the earliest write instruction received and then transmits responses, for each write instruction, indicating whether the execution of the write instruction has been successful.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising control means for connecting the apparatuses again based on the connection information stored in said storage means in the event of a bus reset during data communication.
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