Patent ID: 7864671

Claim:
A connection control apparatus comprising: a monitoring unit configured to monitor a plurality of statuses of a first communication terminal; a determining unit configured to determine, on a basis of a monitoring result, as to whether or not the first communication terminal is able to respond to a connection request destined therefor; a transferring unit configured to receive the connection request and, when the connection request is destined for the first communication terminal, to transfer the connection request destined for the first communication terminal to the first communication terminal when the transferring unit has received the connection request and the determining unit determines that the first communication terminal is able to respond to the connection request; and a notifying unit configured to, when the transferring unit has received the connection request destined for the first communication terminal and the determining unit determines that the first communication terminal is unable to respond to the connection request, notify the first communication terminal to change the status to being able to respond to the connection request, wherein the transferring unit is configured to, when the connection request received by the transferring unit is destined for a plurality of communication terminals including the first communication terminal, hold transferring the connection request to the first communication terminal being determined to be unable to respond to the connection request and to transfer the held connection request to the first communication terminal after the first communication terminal changes the status to being able to respond to the connection request.