Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Miscellaneous
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-23
2006-05-23
Barot, Bharat (Department: 2155)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Miscellaneous
C709S201000, C709S220000, C709S246000, C707S793000, C707S793000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07051064
ABSTRACT:
A transmitting apparatus for transmitting a hierarchical structure of a directory for hierarchically managing locations of contents data is disclosed, that comprises a managing means for managing a hierarchical structure of a directory composed of a container entry and a leaf entry, a container entry containing information in the immediately lower hierarchical level thereof, a leaf entry being disposed in the immediately lower hierarchical level of a container entry, a leaf entry not containing information in the immediately lower hierarchical level thereof, a detecting means for detecting a change of the hierarchical structure of the directory managed by the managing means and obtaining first difference information and second difference information, the first difference information being the difference of container entries corresponding to the detected result, the second difference information being the difference of leaf entries corresponding to the detected result, and a transmitting means for transmitting third difference information for reproducing the hierarchical structure of the directory at intervals of a predetermined time period along with the first difference information and the second difference information.
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Gonno Yoshihisa
Haraoka Kazuo
Nishio Fumihiko
Takabayashi Kazuhiko
Yamagishi Yasuaki
Barot Bharat
Information Broadcasting Laboratories, Inc.
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Sony Corporation
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