Patent ID: 7587496
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A transfer device which mediates communication between first communication devices and a second communication device via a network, comprising: a first receiver unit receiving collectively operation responses from the first communication devices, the operation responses being created in response to operation requests of the second communication device and sent to the second communication device; a first transmitter unit transmitting collectively the operation responses received by the first receiver unit, to the second communication device as a destination of each of the operation responses; a second receiver unit receiving collectively the operation requests which are sent to the first communication devices by the second communication device, from the second communication device; a second transmitter unit transmitting collectively the operation requests received by the second receiver unit, to the first communication devices as respective destinations of the operation requests of the second communication device; a destination information storage unit storing a destination table defining correspondence between respective destinations of the operation responses created in response to the operation requests and respective classifications of the operation responses; and a message distribution unit retrieving the destination table stored in the destination information storage unit and determining a destination of each of the operation responses received by the first receiver unit according to a classification of each of the operation responses so that a pool of the transfer device, where each operation response is to be registered, is determined by a result of the determination.