Content sharing system, mobile terminal, protocol switching method and program

A terminal device which is capable of performing a voice call and data communication and constitutes a content sharing system by being mutually connected to switching equipment which mediates the voice call with other devices and to a content sharing server which mediates the data communication with the other devices, the terminal device comprising:

• a voice call module which performs the voice call;
• a content sharing application which generates an incremental update command in response to a user operation done by one of the terminal devices made on a same content stored inside for reflecting a content of the operation upon the same content in the other terminal device, and transmits it to the other terminal device;
• a first and a second communication control units which perform the data communication with either one of a first and a second communication protocols;
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• a protocol selection unit which selects either one of the first and second communication protocols according to a state of itself, transmits it to the content sharing server as a desired protocol, and employs a determined protocol received from the content sharing server as the communication protocol.

A protocol switching method used in a content sharing system constituted by mutually connecting a plurality of terminal devices capable of mutually performing a voice call and data communication, switching equipment, and a content sharing server, wherein:

• a same content is stored inside the both terminal devices in advance;
• the switching equipment mediates the voice call between the terminal devices;
• the content sharing server mediates the data communication between each of the terminal devices;
• a content sharing application in one of the terminal devices generates an incremental update command in response to a user operation done by one of the terminal devices made on the content for reflecting a content of the operation upon the same content in the other terminal device, and transmits it to the other terminal device;
• a protocol selection unit of one of the terminal devices selects either one of the first and second communication protocols for performing the data communication according to the state of the terminal device, and transmits it to the content sharing server as a desired protocol;
• a protocol determining unit of the content sharing server determines a determined protocol from the desired protocols received from all the terminal devices, and transmits it to all the terminal devices;
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• the protocol selection unit in all the terminal devices receives the determined protocol from the content sharing server, and employs the determined protocol as the communication protocol.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a protocol switching program used in a content sharing system constituted by mutually connecting a plurality of terminal devices capable of mutually performing a voice call and data communication, switching equipment, and a content sharing server, the program causing a computer provided to each of the terminal devices to execute:

• a procedure for storing a content same as a content of another terminal device in advance;
• a procedure for generating an incremental update command in response to a user operation made on the content for reflecting it upon the same content in the other terminal device, and transmitting it to the other terminal device;
• a procedure for selecting either one of the first and second communication protocols according to a state of the terminal device to perform the data communication, and transmitting it to the content sharing server as a desired protocol;
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• a procedure for receiving a determined protocol from the content sharing sever, and employing the determined protocol as the communication protocol.

A content sharing system constituted by mutually connecting a plurality of terminal devices capable of mutually performing a voice call and data communication, switching equipment which mediates the voice call between each of the terminal devices, and a content sharing server which mediates the data communication between each of the terminal devices, wherein each of the terminal devices comprises:

• voice call means for performing the voice call;
• a content sharing application which generates an incremental update command in response to a user operation done by one of the terminal devices made on a same content stored inside the both terminals for reflecting a content of the operation upon the same content in the other terminal device, and transmits it to the other terminal device;
• first and second communication control means for performing the data communication with either one of a first and a second communication protocols;
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• protocol selection means for selecting either one of the first and second communication protocols according to states of each of the terminal devices, transmitting it to the content sharing server as a desired protocol, and employing a determined protocol received from the content sharing server as the communication protocol.

A terminal device which is capable of performing a voice call and data communication and constitutes a content sharing system by being mutually connected to switching equipment which mediates the voice call with other devices and to a content sharing server which mediates the data communication with the other devices, the terminal device comprising:

• voice call means for performing the voice call;
• a content sharing application which generates an incremental update command in response to a user operation done by one of the terminal devices made on a same content stored inside for reflecting a content of the operation upon the same content in the other terminal device, and transmits it to the other terminal device;
• first and second communication control means for performing the data communication with either one of a first and a second communication protocols;
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• protocol selection means for selecting either one of the first and second communication protocols according to a state of itself, transmitting it to the content sharing server as a desired protocol, and employing a determined protocol received from the content sharing server as the communication protocol.