Communication right determination method, information processing apparatus used therfor, and computer-readable recording medium recorded with program for carrying out the method

摘要

A communication right determination method determines a right to communicate between a host unit and a plurality of terminal equipments coupled to the host unit. The communication right determination method includes the steps of (a) transmitting polling information from the host unit simultaneously to the terminal equipments, (b) transmitting connection response information from the terminal equipments to the host unit at times which are different for each of the terminal equipments depending on the polling data received from the host unit, and (c) establishing a communication between the host unit and a predetermined terminal equipment from among the terminal equipments depending on the connection response information which is received from each of the terminal equipments.