Information communication system, information collection method, node device, and recording medium

An information communication system including a plurality of node devices which mutually communicate through a network,

• a first node device included in the information communication system comprising:
• a first control unit that is configure to determine one representative node device belonging to first groups based on the level information in the routing table, and send an information collection message to the determined representative node device,
• a second node device, which receives the information collection message thus sent, comprising:
• a second control unit that is configured to (i) determine at least one representative node device belonging to each one of second groups based on the level information in the routing table, wherein the representative node device in the first group receives the information collection message (ii) send the received information collection message to the determined node device (iii) receive the information collection message which is sent from another node device in the overlay network;
• (iv) generate new response information based on received collection message;
• and (v) sent a return message including the new return information thus generated to the first node device,
• wherein the first node device and the second node device includes a memory unit that memorizes a routing table which registers network address of at least one representative node device of the plurality of node devices connected to an overlay network configured by plurality of the node devices, and the second control unit generates the new response information from the response information of another node device in which the information collection message is received and the response information included in the return message returned from another node device thus determined within a predetermined time, wherein the return message is one received by the second node device and the information collection message includes a header section and a payload section, the header section including an IP address of another node device as a sending destination, payload section including identification information for identifying the message and main information including collection content.

An information collection method in an information communication system which includes a plurality of node devices which mutually communicate through a network,

• the method including the steps in a first node device and steps in a second node device, wherein the first node device and the second node device includes a memory unit that memorizes a routing table which registers network address of at least one representative node device of the plurality of node devices connected to an overlay network configured by the plurality of the node devices,
• the steps in the first node device comprising:
• determining one representative node device belonging to the first groups based on the information in the routing table;
• and
• sending an information collection message to the determined representative node device;
• the steps in the second node device comprising:
• determining at least one representative node device belonging to each one of the second groups based on the level information in the routing table;
• sending the received information collection message to the determined representative node devices belonging to the second groups;
• receiving the information collection message which is sent from another node device in the overlay network;
• generating new response information based on received collection message;
• sending a return message including the new response information to a sending source of the collection message,
• wherein the second node device generates the new response information from the response information of another node device in which the information collection message is received and the response information included in the return message returned from another node device thus determined within a predetermined time, wherein the return message is one received by the second node device and the information collection message includes a header section and a payload section, the header section including an IP address of another node device as a sending destination, payload section including identification information for identifying the message and main information including collection content.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a computer-executable program for a node device in an information communication system including a plurality of node devices which mutually communicate through a network, the program being installed in the node device, which includes a memory unit that memorizes a routing table which registers network address of at least one representative node device of the plurality of node devices connected to an overlay network configured by the plurality of the node devices, the program comprising instructions for:

• determining one representative node device belonging to the first groups based on the level information in the routing table;
• sending an information collection message to the determined representative node device;
• determining at least one representative node device belonging to each one of the second groups based on the level information in the routing table;
• sending the received information collection message to the determined representative node devices belonging to the second groups;
• receiving the information collection message which is sent from another node device in the overlay network;
• generating new response information based on received collection message;
• sending a return message including the new response information to a sending source of the collection message;
• and
• receiving the return message including the response information, wherein the new response information is generated from the response information of another node device in which the information collection message is received and the response information included in the return message returned from another node device thus determined within a predetermined time, wherein the return message is one received and the information collection message includes a header section and a payload section, the header section including an IP address of another node device as a sending destination, payload section including identification information for identifying the message and main information including collection content.