Patent ID: 11949565
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A communication management method comprising:
managing first communication in which a first terminal apparatus transmits first content data to a second terminal apparatus via a relay apparatus;
managing second communication in which the first terminal apparatus transmits second content data to a third terminal apparatus via the relay apparatus,
receiving, from the first terminal apparatus, a determination of whether the first terminal apparatus is communicable with at least one of the second terminal apparatus or the third another terminal apparatus through third communication that bypasses the relay apparatus; and
based on a determination that the first terminal apparatus is communicable with the second terminal apparatus through the third communication, determining that the first terminal apparatus and the second terminal apparatus are on a same network and causing restriction of a communication bandwidth for the first communication of the second terminal apparatus determined to be communicable with the first terminal apparatus through the third communication,
wherein a communication bandwidth for the second communication is not restricted based on a determination that the first terminal apparatus is not communicable with the third terminal apparatus via the third communication.