Patent ID: 7430216
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus for performing a ring type multi-address transmission by transferring received data to a next station, said apparatus comprising: a receiving unit, adapted to receive data sent by a multi-address transmission; an output unit, adapted to output the received data; a transferring unit, adapted to transfer the received data to the next station; and an instruction unit, adapted to issue an instruction to execute a ring type multi-address transmission, wherein, when the instruction is issued by said instruction unit, said transferring unit transfers the received data to the next station, after the received data is outputted by said output unit according to a manual instruction of an operator, and wherein, before the received data is transferred to the next station without having been outputted, information, which indicates a recommendation of outputting of the received data before the received data is transferred to the next station, is notified to the operator.