Patent ID: 8396975

Claim:
A connection accepting system, comprising: a first server for accepting connection requests from client terminals through a network, wherein the first server includes: a priority order setting unit which, upon receiving a first connection request from a first client terminal of the client terminals, sets a connection priority for the first client terminal and transmits data conveying the connection priority for display on the first client terminal, the data conveying the connection priority comprising an order of connection for the first client terminal, wherein the order of connection for the first client terminal is determined by the priority order setting unit upon receiving the first connection request from the first client terminal of the client terminals, and in response to a refusal to grant the first connection request due to the number of client terminals currently connected to the server; a maximum-connection-number setting counter for setting a maximum number of connections that can be connected simultaneously to the second server; a connection-number counter for indicating a number of client terminals currently connected to the second server; and a connectable-number counter for indicating a number of client terminals that can be connected to the second server; a connection managing unit for allowing connection of the client terminals according to connection priority upon receiving a second connection request from a second client terminal of the client terminals after the first connection request; a second server for executing a process according to requests from the client terminals, wherein the first server accepts the first and second connection requests as connection requests for the second server and, when the connection managing unit allows connection of the first and second client terminals, connects the first and second client terminals with the second server, wherein the number of client terminals that can be connected to the second server is equal to a difference between a value of the maximum number of connections that can be connected simultaneously to the second server and a quantity equal to a value of the number of client terminals currently connected to the second server and a number of client terminals whose reference number is present in a connection-right acquired pool section.