Patent ID: 8605307
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication device that communicates as a device with a plurality of hosts, the communication device comprising: a connecting unit that connects the communication device to a destination host from among the hosts capable of establishing a communication path with the communication device by establishing the communication path to the destination host using host identification information that is received, in establishing connections with the host, from the host for identifying each of the hosts, and device control information that is used for uniquely identifying the communicating device; a disconnecting unit that disconnects the communication device from the destination host; a control unit that controls to cause the disconnecting unit to disconnect the communication device from the destination host and cause the connecting unit to connect the communication device to a next destination host from among the hosts to switch the hosts sequentially; and a creating unit that creates a possible destination list information including the hosts capable of establishing the communication path with the communication device, wherein: the connecting unit selects a host from among the hosts in the possible destination list information as the next destination host, and connects the communication device to the next destination host, and the creating unit creates the possible destination list information so that the hosts are arranged in an ascending order of a distance between the communication device and each of the hosts capable of establishing the communication path with the communication device.