Patent ID: 8989184
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A message relay apparatus, comprising: a receiver that receives a message to be transferred; a communication unit that receives first data that announces that a transmission source apparatus of the first data can afford to perform a conversion processing, and stores identification information of the transmission source apparatus of the first data in a data storage unit; a determination unit that determines whether or not the message relay apparatus can afford to perform the conversion processing, before performing the conversion processing for the message; a selection unit that selects another apparatus that can afford to perform the conversion processing based on the identification information stored in the data storage unit, when the determination unit determined that the message relay apparatus cannot afford to perform the conversion processing; a requesting unit that requests the selected another apparatus to perform the conversion processing for the message, and receives the converted message from the selected another apparatus; and a transmission unit that transmits the received and converted message to a transfer destination.