Patent ID: 6226681
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A communication terminal for an information for an information offering system structured with an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network and including (i) a plurality of communication terminals including said communication terminal, (ii) at least one network unit communicatably connected with said the individual communciation terminals, and (iii)an information offering unit, communicatable connected with the at least one network unit, for offering object information to the individual communication terminals downstream through a virtual path (VP) and a virtual channel (VC) both specific to the object information, said communication terminal comprising:(a) an inserting section for inserting a terminal ID information, which identifies said communication terminal as a sender, into data to be transmitted from said communication terminal to said information offering unit upstream through said VP and VC; and (b) a transmitting section for tsitting upstream through said VP and VC, via which the offered object information had been received by said communication terminal, the data with the ID information inserted by said inserting section.