Patent ID: 8195132

Claim:
An information transfer control apparatus used in a communication system in which plural communication terminals send and receive a content from each other via a network, the information transfer control apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store an ID generating function for each distribution process group including at least one distribution process representing an information transfer between the plural communication terminals; and a processor comprising: an assigning unit configured to assign identification information to the distribution process by using the ID generating function; a determining unit configured to determine the distribution process group, the ID generating function, and the identification information associated with a request in response to receiving, from a first one of the plural communication terminals, the request for the information transfer to be carried out from the first one of the plural communication terminals to a second one of the plural communication terminals and determines whether to allow information distribution; and a generating unit configured to generate new identification information based on the determined ID generating function and send the new identification information to the second one of the plural communication terminals when the determining unit determines the information distribution.