Patent ID: 6173314
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
An application sharing system composed of a plurality of terminals connected via a network, wherein each of said plurality of terminals comprises:a group information managing section for entering, at the instruction of a user, information including an address for convening or participating in a conferencing group;a program start-up managing section, started up by said group information managing section with said information including said address as a parameter, for controlling a program for convening or participating in said conferencing group;an intra-group control section, started up by said program start-up managing section when said information including said address is entered from said group information managing section, for waiting for connection from other terminals;a terminal control section, started up by said program start-up managing section with said information including said address as a parameter, for registering participation in said conferencing group by effecting connection to said intra-group control section of a terminal where a conferencing group is being convened out of said plurality of terminals;plurality of communication interface means for connecting to said network; anda communication path selecting means for selecting one of said plurality of connection interface means when instructed by said group information managing section,wherein each of said communication interface means is selectable by the communication path selecting means, andwherein said group information managing section stores the selected one of said plurality of connection interface means in a group information management table so that an optimized connection interface means is predetermined for further communication initiated by said group information managing section.