Group management device
US8959193B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 16, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/303
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A group management device determines a priority level that represents priority order of allowing a participating terminal to preferentially participate in a group, to which the group management device belongs, based on information relating the participating terminal and information relating to terminals that are managed by the group management device only in a case where the group management device receives information relating to the participating terminal, which has transmitted a participation request to the group, to which the group management device belongs. Based on the determined priority level, the group management device determines whether to transmit the participation request to another group management device and whether to reply to the participating terminal.
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