Patent ID: 7284259

Claim:
A transmitting system for transmitting data from a transmitting apparatus to a receiving apparatus connected to a predetermined network, the system comprising: a first controlling apparatus connected to a predetermined network, said first controlling apparatus including a first control section for preparing and transmitting a request to another controlling apparatus to execute a connection management function when the first controlling apparatus does not mount a control module of said connection management function and has been notified by said another controlling apparatus that said another controlling apparatus mounts a control module of said connection management function, said request including a request for executing the connection management to establish a connection between the transmitting apparatus and the receiving apparatus on the predetermined network and to execute data transmission from the transmitting apparatus to the receiving apparatus through the connection by using a control module of a corresponding connection management function mounted in said another controlling apparatus; and a second controlling apparatus configured to receive said request, said second controlling apparatus including a second control section for executing the connection management function, wherein the request includes a self-describing data structure, which provides a device control data, and wherein the device control data includes an override DCM of the transmitting device and the receiving device.