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US 2018/0007124 A1Published application
Communication control apparatus, communication control method and communication control program
AssigneeNTT Communications Corporation
InventorsRyosuke OTSUYA, Hiroaki SADATA
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Abstract
A communication control apparatus connected to two terminals and to a relay apparatus that relays P2P communication performed between the two terminals, including: storage means configured to store authority information including a communication method of the P2P communication permitted for each of the two terminals; reception means configured to receive a signaling signal mutually transmitted between the two terminals; and control means configured to control the communication method of the P2P communication based on the authority information when receiving the signaling signal.
Claims13
1:
- A communication control apparatus connected to two terminals and to a relay apparatus that relays P2P communication performed between the two terminals, comprising:
- storage means configured to store authority information including a communication method of the P2P communication permitted for each of the two terminals;
- reception means configured to receive a signaling signal mutually transmitted between the two terminals;
- and
- control means configured to control the communication method of the P2P communication based on the authority information when receiving the signaling signal.
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- The communication control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control means controls the communication method of the P2P communication by deleting address information included in the received signaling signal or discarding the signaling signal.
3:
- The communication control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising instruction means configured to instruct the relay apparatus to record the P2P communication based on the authority information when receiving the signaling signal.
4:
- The communication control apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signaling signal is a signal used for establishing P2P communication by communication means of WebRTC, and
- the communication methods of the P2P communication are three communication methods defined in a process procedure of ICE.
5:
- A communication system comprising two terminals, a relay apparatus that relays P2P communication performed between the two terminals, and a communication control apparatus that controls the P2P communication,
- the communication control apparatus comprising:
- storage means configured to store authority information including a communication method of the P2P communication permitted for each of the two terminals;
- reception means configured to receive a signaling signal mutually transmitted between the two terminals;
- control means configured to control the communication method of the P2P communication based on the authority information when receiving the signaling signal;
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- instruction means configured to instruct the relay apparatus to record the P2P communication based on the authority information when receiving the signaling signal,
- the relay apparatus comprising:
- communication recording means configured to record the P2P communication when receiving the instruction.
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- A communication control method in a communication control apparatus connected to two terminals and to a relay apparatus that relays P2P communication performed between the two terminals, comprising:
- a storing step of storing, in storage means, authority information including a communication method of the P2P communication permitted for each of the two terminals;
- a reception step of receiving a signaling signal mutually transmitted between the two terminals;
- and
- a control step of controlling the communication method of the P2P communication when receiving the signaling signal.
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- A non-transitory storage medium storing a communication control program in a communication control apparatus connected to two terminals and to a relay apparatus that relays P2P communication performed between the two terminals, the communication control program causing the communication control apparatus to perform:
- a storing step of storing, in storage means, authority information including a communication method of the P2P communication permitted for each of the two terminals;
- a reception step of receiving a signaling signal mutually transmitted between the two terminals;
- and
- a control step of controlling the communication method of the P2P communication based on the authority information when receiving the signaling signal.
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- A communication control apparatus that is connected, via a network, to a terminal and to a relay apparatus relaying P2P communication performed by the terminal, and that controls communication performed by the terminal, comprising:
- storage means configured to store communication destination information including a communication destination permitted for the terminal;
- reception means configured to receive, from the terminal, a signaling signal that the terminal transmits when the terminal starts the P2P communication;
- and
- control means configured to control whether to permit the P2P communication based on the communication destination information and the signaling signal.
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- The communication control apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the communication destination information includes address information of a communication destination permitted for the terminal or address information of the relay apparatus, and
- the control means controls whether to permit the P2P communication by comparing the address information of the communication destination included in the signaling signal with address information included in the communication destination information.
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- The communication control apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein, when the P2P communication is not permitted, the control means performs control not to permit the P2P communication by deleting the address information of the communication destination included in the signaling signal or by discarding the signaling signal.
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- The communication control apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the signaling signal is a signal that is used for establishing P2P communication by communication means of WebRTC.
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- A communication control method in a communication control apparatus that is connected, via a network, to a terminal and to a relay apparatus relaying P2P communication performed by the terminal, and that controls communication performed by the terminal, comprising:
- a storing step of storing, in storage means, communication destination information including a communication destination permitted for the terminal;
- a reception step of receiving, from the terminal, a signaling signal that the terminal transmits when the terminal starts the P2P communication;
- and
- a control step of controlling whether to permit the P2P communication based on the communication destination information and the signaling signal.
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- A non-transitory storage medium storing a communication control program in a communication control apparatus that is connected, via a network, to a terminal and to a relay apparatus relaying P2P communication performed by the terminal, and that controls communication performed by the terminal, the communication control program causing the communication control apparatus to perform:
- a storing step of storing, in storage means, communication destination information including a communication destination permitted for the terminal;
- a reception step of receiving, from the terminal, a signaling signal that the terminal transmits when the terminal starts the P2P communication;
- and
- a control step of controlling whether to permit the P2P communication based on the communication destination information and the signaling signal.
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