Patent ID: 9288233
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A communication control apparatus, controlling communication between a first apparatus and a second apparatus connected to the first apparatus via a plurality of relay apparatuses, the communication control apparatus comprising: a processor communicatively coupled to the first apparatus and the second apparatus, wherein the processor is configured to execute program instructions that cause the processor to: refer to a control policy including access control and supplementary control that is other than the access control from the first apparatus to the second apparatus and refers to network configuration information about a network configuration among the first apparatus, the second apparatus, and the plurality of relay apparatuses; generate a communication path that matches the control policy from the first apparatus to the second apparatus and goes through at least one of the plurality of relay apparatuses; and instruct one or more of the relay apparatuses on the communication path among the plurality of relay apparatuses to execute the access control and the supplementary control included in the control policy, wherein the supplementary control of the control policy includes first supplementary control and second supplementary control that need to be executed after the first supplementary control, wherein the plurality of relay apparatuses include a first relay apparatus executing the first supplementary control and a second relay apparatus executing the second supplementary control; and wherein the processor generates the communication path so that data flows through the second relay apparatus after flowing through the first relay apparatus.