Patent ID: 11928527
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A method of controlling communication between a container and a process in an information processing apparatus including at least one container built via container-based virtualization technology, at least one process built on a host machine, which is a physical machine, a first storage unit that stores a communication method in association with a container or a process of a transmission source and a container or a process of a transmission destination, and a second storage unit that stores a content of a transmission destination in association with transmission source information and transmission destination information, the method comprising:
receiving, from a container or a process of a transmission source, data including the transmission source information indicating the container or the process of the transmission source, the transmission destination information indicating a container or a process of a transmission destination, and communication data;
referencing the first storage unit and obtaining a communication method of the communication data corresponding to the transmission source information and the transmission destination information included in the received data;
referencing the second storage unit and obtaining the content of transmission destination corresponding to the transmission source information and the transmission destination information included in the received data, wherein the content of the transmission destination indicates destination information used in the obtained communication method; and
transmitting, to the container or the process of the transmission destination indicated by the transmission source information included in the received data, the communication data according to the obtained communication method and the obtained content of transmission destination.