Patent ID: 8601092
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to divide a first file into a plurality of pieces and separately transmit the plurality of pieces of the first file to a remote apparatus; a reception unit configured to separately receive a plurality of pieces of a second file from the remote apparatus; a discrimination unit configured to discriminate a size of the first file and a size of the second file; a decision unit configured to decide switch timing between transmission of the first file by the transmission unit and reception of the second file by the reception unit based on the size of the first file and the size of the second file discriminated by the discrimination unit, in a case where the plurality of pieces of the first file are to be separately transmitted and the plurality of pieces of the second file are to be separately received; and a switching unit configured to switch between transmission of the first file and reception of the second file according to the decided switch timing.