Patent ID: 7986710
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication system including an information management apparatus and an information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus being adapted to issue a request to the information management apparatus via polling communication, and the information management apparatus being adapted to respond to the request thereby achieving communication between the information processing apparatus and the information management apparatus, wherein the information management apparatus includes: and the information processing apparatus includes: wherein the at least one piece of updatable information comprises an update for a computer program, wherein, when the computer program is a new product, during a first length of time after the computer program is released, the specification information determining unit is configured to determine the specification information specifying a first value as timing condition for the polling communication; and wherein, when the computer program is a new product, at a second time after the first length of time, the specification information determining unit is configured to determine the specification information specifying a second value as timing condition for the polling communication, the second value longer than the first value, or to determine the specification information specifying that the polling communication should be deactivated.