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Apparatus, method, and terminal apparatus for maintaining connection

US7984159B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 2007
Grant dateJul 19, 2011
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Expiry dateMay 18, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L65/1104
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The resource controlling unit controls a resource usage state. The receiving unit receives from a first terminal a first message containing a first condition for maintaining a connection that is used to transfer a message exchanged between the first terminal and the second terminal. Based on the first condition contained in the received first message and the resource usage state, the determining unit determines a second condition that is to be accepted for maintaining the connection. The adding unit adds the second condition to the first message. The transmitting unit transmits the first message to which the second condition is added to an external device or the second terminal. The maintaining unit maintains the connection under the second condition.

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