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Communication system, client apparatus, server apparatus, communication method, and program

US9277016B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 27, 2013
Grant dateMar 1, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/55
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a communication system in which a server apparatus on the Internet is connected to at least one client apparatus on an intranet via a firewall, the client apparatus comprises: acquisition means for acquiring, from the server apparatus, information associated with a transmission interval at which notifications are periodically transmitted to maintain the connection to the server; and management means for maintaining the connection by periodically transmitting the notifications based on the information associated with the acquired transmission interval, and the server apparatus comprises: decision means for deciding an interval, in which the connection in the push communication can be maintained in non-communication, based on the communication status information; and notification means for notifying the client apparatus of the decided interval as information associated with the transmission interval used to maintain the connection in the push communication.

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