Patent ID: 9087351
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a threshold storage unit configured to store a first threshold of a common carrier, the common carrier being capable of charging according to the first threshold to be applied to a packet communication volume in each first unit period, wherein: a packet communication unit configured to perform packet communication to and from a communication apparatus of the common carrier; a packet communication volume calculation unit configured to continually calculate a packet communication volume throughout the first unit period, including calculation of the packet communication volume in each second unit period shorter than the first unit period, the packet communication volume in each second unit period including a sum of a plurality of weighted packets such that at least some of the weighted packets having a first weight contribute a different amount per packet to the packet communication volume than others of the weighted packets having a second different weight, and wherein a weight of each packet is independent of a size of each packet, wherein: a packet communication control unit configured to continually control the packet communication unit throughout the first unit period based on the packet communication volume in each second unit period so as to keep the packet communication volume in the first unit period below the first threshold, wherein: