Title:
COMMUNICATION FLOW CONTROL METHOD IN BIDIRECTIONAL NETWORK
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3827845
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control call flow to a program source of a bidirectional terminal by controlling the flow as a function of a network capacity on one hand and as a profile function of a user of a bidirectional terminal, on the other.
SOLUTION: A forward path consists of a multiplexer 1 and a channel 2. A return path is constituted of a telephone line 4, which connects a terminal 6 to a server 8 that on one hand, manages a database 10 which stores information that is related to a user of the bidirectional terminal 6. On the other hand, the line collects and processes information that is outputted from the terminal during communication with a program source S. A transmitter ends a group of data in the process of sending a two-way program, and the data group consists of a period, when each terminal is allowed to try to establish two-way communication with a transmitter and data which needs a specific priority level for a terminal to be considered and offers an attempt of two-way communication at the point of time within the period. Because the frequency of call attempts of a terminal which has a low priority is increased, the probability of call success is increased.
Inventors:
Alan Mayar
Application Number:
JP35567597A
Publication Date:
September 27, 2006
Filing Date:
December 24, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
THOMSON multimedia S.A.
International Classes:
H04L29/08; H04N7/173; (IPC1-7): H04L29/08; H04N7/173
Foreign References:
| EP0594871A1 | ||||
| EP0696872A1 | ||||
| US6175378 | ||||
| EP0851682B1 |
Other References:
Video On Demand,Radio Fernsehen Elektronik,1994年 8月 1日,vol.43,No.8,pp.14-17
Analog Interactive Television System With Two Service Levels ,IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin,1996年 2月 1日,Vol.39,No.2,pp.157-161
Tak-Shing Yum ET AL;,Dynamic Channel Assignment in integrated-Services Cable Networks,Communications, 1991. ICC 91, Conference Record. IEEE International Conference on,IEEE,1991年,Vol.1,pp.92-98
Analog Interactive Television System With Two Service Levels ,IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin,1996年 2月 1日,Vol.39,No.2,pp.157-161
Tak-Shing Yum ET AL;,Dynamic Channel Assignment in integrated-Services Cable Networks,Communications, 1991. ICC 91, Conference Record. IEEE International Conference on,IEEE,1991年,Vol.1,pp.92-98
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadahiko Ito
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