摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data processing system which transfers broadcast data only to a node belonging to a certain closed group, among nodes in the same network. <P>SOLUTION: In the data processing system for processing broadcast data, broadcast data outputted from one node is acquired, and an source address is acquired from the broadcast data thus acquired. A destination address is acquired from group management information specifying a relationship between a group and the address of a node belonging to the group, for transferring the broadcast data only to a node other than the node corresponding to the source address which belongs to the group corresponding to the acquired source address. The broadcast data is transferred to the other node through a network, with the acquired destination address of the broadcast data as a destination address acquired from a group management information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT</p> |