Patent ID: 8281016
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An information processing method for a direct connection comprising: determining, at a server and independent of participation by a first information processing apparatus, whether a second information processing apparatus is a client authorized for the direct connection with the first information processing apparatus; sending, after the determining, an instruction requesting the direct connection, from the first information processing apparatus to the server, the direct connection being independent of the server and formed between the second information processing apparatus and the first information processing apparatus, the first information processing apparatus and the second information processing apparatus being distinct apparatuses, wherein the server determines that the second information processing apparatus is a client authorized for the direct connection before receiving the instruction requesting the direct connection from the first information processing apparatus; sending connection information for the direct connection, from the server to a second information processing apparatus, in response to receiving the instruction requesting the direct connection from the first information processing apparatus and based on the determination by the server that the second information processing apparatus is a client authorized for the direct connection; and initializing, based on the connection information, the direct connection between the second information processing apparatus and the first information processing apparatus; wherein the sending further comprises sending the connection information enabling the direct connection between the first information processing apparatus and the second processing apparatus, from the server to a second information processing apparatus, only when the server has previously determined in the determining step that the second information processing apparatus is a client authorized for the direct connection with the first information processing apparatus.