Patent ID: 8014355
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A service apparatus providing a radio connection service to client apparatuses by returning a response in response to a probe request from an unconnected client apparatus to execute a radio connection procedure with the client apparatus, and by returning a response in response to a probe request from a connected client apparatus to continue a connected state with the client apparatus, the service apparatus comprising: a selecting unit to select a client apparatus to which connection should be disconnected when a predetermined state is detected; a requesting unit to request other service apparatuses connected through a network to return a response, which indicates that connection is possible, in response to a probe request from the selected client apparatus; and a unit to receive the probe request from the selected client apparatus and to inhibit transmission of the response that indicates that continuing the connected state with the selected client apparatus is possible, in answer to the probe request from the service apparatus to the selected client apparatus for a given period of time to disconnect the connection with the selected client apparatus.