Patent ID: 8238282
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network system comprising: a plurality of M terminals each connected to the network, wherein a certain one of the M terminals comprises: a terminal memory for storing relationship information about the M terminals whereby each of the M terminals is associated with one of N groups where (N<M); a receiver for receiving at least one first information from a different terminal; a generation component for generating second information from the at least one first information; a group selection component for determining a group associated with the different terminal and for selecting a group, to which second information is to be transmitted, out of the N groups on the basis of the relationship information and the group associated with the different terminal; a terminal selector for selecting a terminal, to which the second information is to be transmitted, out of the terminals associated with the selected group based on the relationship information; and a transmitter for transmitting the second information to the selected terminal; and an administrative server connected to the network, wherein the administrative server comprises: in the certain terminal,