Communication control device, communication control method, and information processing device with mode switching control

A communication control method comprising:

• determining whether a predetermined condition for a connection of a wireless communication terminal to a wireless communication network is satisfied;
• controlling, using circuitry, a mobile communication terminal via a mode switch message sent to the mobile communication terminal via a mobile communication network to switch an operation mode of the mobile communication terminal from a first mode to a second mode when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the wireless communication network being different from the mobile communication network,
• controlling, using the circuitry, the wireless communication terminal via a communication switch message sent via the wireless communication network to inform the wireless communication terminal to stop communicating on the wireless communication network and start communicating on the mobile communication network by using the mobile communication terminal as a relay, wherein
• the first mode is a mode in which power consumption of the mobile communication terminal is smaller than when the mobile communication terminal is in the second mode,
• the second mode is a different mode in which the mobile communication terminal is capable of transmitting or receiving data using a first wireless communication scheme with the wireless communication terminal and the wireless communication terminal relaying the data via the mobile communication network, and
• the predetermined condition being determined based on whether the mobile communication terminal has changed a movement state from not moving to moving as an indication that the connection of the wireless communication terminal with the wireless communication network will become disconnected and so communication of additional data is to be relayed via the mobile communication terminal over the mobile communication network.

A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to:

• determine whether a predetermined condition for a connection of a wireless communication terminal to a wireless communication network is satisfied;
• control a mobile communication terminal via a mode switch message sent to the mobile communication terminal via a mobile communication network to switch an operation mode of the mobile communication terminal from a first mode to a second mode when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the wireless communication network being different from the mobile communication network,
• control the wireless communication terminal via a communication switch message sent via the wireless communication network to inform the wireless communication terminal to stop communicating on the wireless communication network and start communicating on the mobile communication network by using the mobile communication terminal as a relay, wherein
• the first mode is a mode in which power consumption of the mobile communication terminal is smaller than when the mobile communication terminal is in the second mode,
• the second mode is a different mode in which the mobile communication terminal is capable of transmitting or receiving data using a first wireless communication scheme with the wireless communication terminal and the wireless communication terminal relaying the data via the mobile communication network, and
• the predetermined condition being determined based on whether the mobile communication terminal has chanced a movement state from not moving to moving as an indication that the connection of the wireless communication terminal with the wireless communication network will become disconnected and so communication of additional data is to be relayed via the mobile communication terminal over the mobile communication network.