Patent ID: 8850031

Claim:
A pairing system which enables cooperation of communication terminals with data terminals on one-on-one basis to form pairs in a network system in which a plurality of communication terminals, a plurality of data terminals, and at least one pairing management device are connected mutually, and enables sharing of a voice communication and data via the network system between the pairs, wherein: each of both the communication terminals and the data terminals comprises an input-output module and a pairing request module which transmits a pairing request to the pairing management device; the pairing management device comprises: a pairing control module which receives the pairing requests from the communication terminals and the data terminals, generates tentative pairs from the communication terminals and the data terminals which transmitted the pairing requests, and stores the tentative pairs in a pairing information storage device included in the pairing management device as a tentative pair group containing a communication terminal identifier and a data terminal identifier; a pair confirmation data storage device which stores a plurality of pieces of pair confirmation data in advance, the pair confirmation data corresponding on one-on-one basis to the communication terminals and the data terminals forming the tentative pairs; and a confirmation data control module which allots and transmits to the communication terminals and the data terminals, pair confirmation data which corresponds on one-on-one basis to the communication terminals and the data terminals forming the tentative pairs from the plurality of pieces of the pair confirmation data stored in the pair confirmation data storage device; the input-output modules of both the communication terminals and the data terminals forming the tentative pairs output the pair confirmation data, respectively, to confirm that the communication terminal and the data terminal of different owners are not paired; the pairing request module of at least either the communication terminals or the data terminals forming the tentative pairs comprise a transmission section which transmits pair alteration data corresponding to the pair confirmation data to the pairing management device; and when the pairing control module in the pairing management device receives the pair alteration data from the communication terminals or the data terminals forming the tentative pairs, the tentative pairs are updated to final pairs.