Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Communication apparatus, communication method, and communication system
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Application No.: US15305852Application Date: 2015-04-16
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Publication No.: US10177973B2Publication Date: 2019-01-08
- Inventor: Yoshikazu Azuma
- Applicant: Yoshikazu Azuma
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cooper & Dunham LLP
- Priority: JP2014-114860 20140603; JP2014-258316 20141222
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/062317 WO 20150416
- International Announcement: WO2015/186450 WO 20151210
- Main IPC: H04L12/24
- IPC: H04L12/24 ; H04L12/64 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L12/931

Abstract:
A communication apparatus which communicates with one or more other communication apparatuses via a network, includes: one or more communication interfaces being used for communication with the one or more other communication terminals; a selection unit connected to the one or more communication interfaces and selecting at least one communication interface that is used in accordance with an instruction from a control device which controls communications; and a network establish unit establishing a virtual network by forming a virtual communication path which directly connects between the at least one communication interface selected by the selection unit and a communication interface included in at least one communication apparatus among the one or more other communication apparatuses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170048103A1 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-02-16
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