Patent ID: 6014753
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A server address management system for use in a nonbroadcast system type communication system including an address server for collectively managing addresses of a plurality of terminals and a switch connected to said address server and said terminals, said server address management system comprising:an address management section included in said switch, said address management section manages the address of said address server; andan address processing section included in each of said terminals and said address server, said address processing section registers and obtains the address of said address server,wherein said address processing section included in said address server, sends the address of said address server to said switch and said address management section of said switch registers the received address of said address server in a first table,wherein said address processing section, included in each terminal, sends the address of said terminal to said switch,wherein said address management section, included in said switch, in response to the address of said terminal sent from said terminal, registers the address of said terminal in said first table, and in response, sends the address of said address server stored in said first table to said terminal, andwherein said terminal, in response to the address of said address server sent from said switch, registers the address of the address server in a second table included in said terminal, and when an address of another terminal is required, sends a request for the address of said another terminal to said address server using the address of said address server stored in said second table.