Patent ID: 7529270

Claim:
A communication information bandwidth control apparatus comprising: a communication processor adapted to transmit and receive different types of information including voice information and monitor video information via a communication line; a band use state monitor adapted to monitor a bandwidth used in said communication processor to transmit and receive the different types of information: a priority definition unit having a priority definition file including: a processing content code which defines the processing priority of information corresponding to a combination of the different types of information transmitted and received in said communication processor; and a communication processing code which indicates communication processing contents of the information; and a bandwidth controller, when the monitor result of said band use state monitor indicates that the amount of information being transmitted/received in said communication processor is a given value or more, said bandwidth controller for controlling the bandwidth of the information being transmitted/received in said communication processor based on the setup appropriate bandwidth which is set in the communication processing code of the information being transmitted/received by referencing the processing priority of the processing content code, wherein, when the voice information and the monitor video information are transmitted and received, the priority definition unit is set so as to provide a higher processing priority for the voice information and lower processing priority for the monitor video information.