Patent ID: 7079779

Claim:
A repeater apparatus provided among a plurality of infrared communication equipment, comprising: a plurality of control means each for carrying out information transmission and reception between one of the infrared communication equipment, and each including an infrared transmitter, and an infrared receiver; and transferring means for transferring information between the plurality of control means; wherein at least one service access point is provided between the transferring means and each of the control means; and wherein the transferring means is further for acquiring from one of the infrared communication equipment specified information along with information about a service access point for the infrared communication equipment, and for, when the specified information is relayed to a different one of the infrared communication equipment through one of the control means, converting the information about the service access point to information about a specified service access point between the control means and the transferring means, and transmitting the converted information to the different one of the infrared communication equipment through the control means.