Patent ID: 7366170
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication connection method for connecting a server computer to a client computer via a network, the method comprising: storing, in a storage of the server computer, a plurality of group identification information items for identifying, respectively, a plurality of groups, in relation to information indicating number of connection request packets uniquely and secretly allocated to each group of the groups, each group including a plurality of users allowed to access the server computer; counting connection request packets received from the client computer within a preset period to obtain a counted number; determining whether an information item corresponds to the counter number; acquiring one group of the groups to which the connection request packets corresponding to the counted number are allocated, if the information item corresponds to the counted number; determining whether resources of the server computer are allocated to the one group of the groups indicated by the acquired group identification item; generating a connection request acknowledgement packet in response to at least one of the received connection request packets; and transmitting the generated connection request acknowledgement packet to the client computer.