Information-processing apparatus for managing session disconnection and reconnection, information-processing method for managing session disconnection and reconnection, and program

A server apparatus configured to manage a session when bidirectional communication is performed by a first terminal and a second terminal, the server apparatus comprising:

• a control unit configured to
• transmit, to the first terminal, a reconnection request including an identifier of the session to which the first terminal had been connected, upon determining that the session to which the first terminal had been connected is maintained even after the bidirectional communication by the first terminal is disconnected,
• wherein whether the session having an identifier specified in a connection request is maintained is determined based on whether one or more terminals are connected to the session, and
• reconnect the first terminal to the session having the identifier specified in the connection request in response to an event in which the connection request specifying the same identifier as the identifier included in the reconnection request is transmitted from the first terminal in response to transmitting the reconnection request, to resume the bidirectional communication with the second terminal already connected to the corresponding session.

A management system comprising:

• a first terminal;
• a second terminal;
• and
• a server apparatus configured to manage a plurality of sessions when bidirectional communication is performed by the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein
• the first terminal includes a control unit configured to store a specified identifier of a first session of the plurality of sessions upon starting the bidirectional communication with the second terminal;
• the server apparatus includes a control unit configured to
• determine, upon the bidirectional communication by the first terminal being disconnected, whether the first session and a second session different from the first session are each maintained based on whether one or more terminals are connected to the first session and the second session,
• the second terminal includes a control unit configured to
• select either one of the first session or the second session upon determining that the first session and the second session are maintained, and
• transmit, to the server apparatus, a second connection request specifying an identifier of the selected session,
• the control unit of the first terminal is further configured to
• transmit, to the server apparatus, a first connection request specifying the stored specified identifier, and
• the control unit of the server apparatus is further configured to:
• in response to receiving the first connection request from the first terminal and the second connection request from the second terminal, resume the bidirectional communication between the first terminal and the second terminal.

A management system comprising:

• a first terminal;
• a second terminal;
• and
• a server apparatus configured to manage a session when bidirectional communication is performed by the first terminal and the second terminal, wherein
• the server apparatus includes a control unit configured to
• determine, whether the session is maintained based on whether one or more terminals are connected to the session;
• transmit, to the first terminal, a reconnection request including the identifier of the session to which the first terminal had been connected, upon determining that the session to which the first terminal had been connected is maintained even after the bidirectional communication by the first terminal is disconnected, and
• the first terminal includes a control unit configured to
• store the specified identifier of the session upon starting the bidirectional communication with the second terminal,
• determine whether the stored identifier is the same as the identifier included in the reconnection request, and
• transmit, to the server apparatus, a connection request specifying the stored identifier upon determining that the stored identifier is the same as the identifier included in the reconnection request.