Patent ID: 9319493
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A communication method in an information processing system including a plurality of information processing apparatuses, the communication method comprising: storing data, by a first information processing apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses, in a data storage in association with identifier information of a second information processing apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses to which the data is to be transmitted; receiving, by the first information processing apparatus, a first token generated by the second information processing apparatus, the first token indicating a transmission right to transmit the data to the second information processing apparatus and being transferred among the plurality of information processing apparatuses; recording in the received first token, by the first information processing apparatus, one of first information relating to an amount of the data stored in association with the identifier information of the second information processing apparatus in the data storage and second information relating to an amount of time elapsed after the data is stored in the data storage; determining, by the first information processing apparatus, whether to transmit the data stored in the data storage by comparing one of the first information and the second information recorded in the first token by the first information processing apparatus, with a corresponding one of first information and second information recorded in the first token by another first information processing apparatus of the plurality of information processing apparatuses; and transmitting the data, by the first information processing apparatus, to the second information processing apparatus when it is determined to transmit the data, wherein the first token includes information indicating a maximum allowable transmission amount; and wherein in the transmitting, the first information processing apparatus transmits the data within the maximum allowable transmission amount.