Patent ID: 7310690
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication device having a name used on a communication network, comprising: name acquisition means for acquiring a name from another communication device; comparison means for comparing the name of this communication device with the acquired name of the another communication device; change means for changing, in accordance with the result of the comparison, the name of this communication device so that the name of this communication device is different from the name of the another communication device; determination means for determining a changed name to be used for this communication device based on results of (a) the name acquisition by said name acquisition means, (b) the name comparison by said comparison means, and (c) the name change by said change means, applied to each of a plurality of another communication devices on the communication network; and output means for outputting the changed name determined by said determination means and the unchanged name of this communication device in a comparable manner.